"jeff" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-jeff.ogg [Australia] Forms: jeffs [plural]
Etymology: 1837. Head templates: {{en-noun}} jeff (plural jeffs)
  1. (circus slang) A rope. Tags: slang Related terms: eff and jeff
    Sense id: en-jeff-en-noun-gGXgo6JS Topics: arts, circus, hobbies, lifestyle, performing-arts, sports

Verb

Audio: En-au-jeff.ogg [Australia] Forms: jeffs [present, singular, third-person], jeffing [participle, present], jeffed [participle, past], jeffed [past]
Etymology: 1837. Head templates: {{en-verb}} jeff (third-person singular simple present jeffs, present participle jeffing, simple past and past participle jeffed)
  1. (printing slang, intransitive) To play or gamble with em quads, throwing them as dice. Tags: intransitive, slang Categories (topical): Printing Derived forms: jeffing [noun]
    Sense id: en-jeff-en-verb-fEN3Rry3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Topics: media, printing, publishing

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for jeff meaning in English (2.4kB)

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