"spaff" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /spæf/ [British]
Rhymes: -æf Etymology: Probably onomatopoeic. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} spaff (uncountable)
  1. (slang, vulgar) Ejaculate, semen. Tags: slang, uncountable, vulgar
    Sense id: en-spaff-en-noun-Iz2W7Xsw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 32 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 68 16 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 10 7

Verb

IPA: /spæf/ [British] Forms: spaffs [present, singular, third-person], spaffing [participle, present], spaffed [participle, past], spaffed [past]
Rhymes: -æf Etymology: Probably onomatopoeic. Head templates: {{en-verb}} spaff (third-person singular simple present spaffs, present participle spaffing, simple past and past participle spaffed)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate (on or in). Tags: intransitive, slang, transitive, vulgar
    Sense id: en-spaff-en-verb-SI2mtvch
  2. (transitive, slang, vulgar) To waste (resources); splurge. Tags: slang, transitive, vulgar
    Sense id: en-spaff-en-verb-Mr3A5tvi

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Probably onomatopoeic.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spaffs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spaffing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spaffed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spaffed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "ref": "2000, Hateplot, “dumb dumb”, in alt.comedy.standup (Usenet):",
          "text": "Whoever thought of spaffing to extinguish campfires anyway (?), you idjit.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Mr Q. Z. Diablo, “Goblin Tomorrow”, in alt.horror (Usenet):",
          "text": "I think I just spaffed my pants.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Archie Aston & friends, it's not what I call art (page 66)",
          "text": "I spaffed all over my face. Some went up my nose and in my eyes."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To ejaculate (on or in)."
      ],
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          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "ejaculate",
          "ejaculate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate (on or in)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "slang",
        "transitive",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2017, Claire Sandy, A Not Quite Perfect Family, Pan Macmillan, page 132:",
          "text": "You behave as if it’s a sin to spend money, but if some la-la land TV company wants to spaff cash at me, what should I do? Duck?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Boris Johnson, The Boris Johnson Phone-In Live On LBC, m 2019-03-13:",
          "text": "You know, £60m I saw was being spaffed up a wall on some investigation into historic child abuse and all this kind of thing. What on earth is that going to do to protect the public now?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 114:",
          "text": "This grooming of the national mindset explains the retention of 92 \"hereditary peers\" in the House of Lords: individuals who are gifted a right to sit in the nation's upper chamber and facilitate laws for no other reason than that their ancestor was the illegitimate child of some prince, or willing to spaff a few quid on the title when David Lloyd Gorge was selling of gongs for bribes.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To waste (resources); splurge."
      ],
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        ],
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          "splurge",
          "splurge"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, slang, vulgar) To waste (resources); splurge."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "transitive",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/spæf/",
      "tags": [
        "British"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æf"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spaff"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Probably onomatopoeic.",
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  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 32 18",
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        "Ejaculate, semen."
      ],
      "id": "en-spaff-en-noun-Iz2W7Xsw",
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        ],
        [
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        "(slang, vulgar) Ejaculate, semen."
      ],
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        "slang",
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        "vulgar"
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/spæf/",
      "tags": [
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  "etymology_text": "Probably onomatopoeic.",
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      "form": "spaffs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spaffing",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "spaffed",
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          "ref": "2000, Hateplot, “dumb dumb”, in alt.comedy.standup (Usenet):",
          "text": "Whoever thought of spaffing to extinguish campfires anyway (?), you idjit.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Mr Q. Z. Diablo, “Goblin Tomorrow”, in alt.horror (Usenet):",
          "text": "I think I just spaffed my pants.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Archie Aston & friends, it's not what I call art (page 66)",
          "text": "I spaffed all over my face. Some went up my nose and in my eyes."
        }
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        "To ejaculate (on or in)."
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        "(transitive, intransitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate (on or in)."
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          "ref": "2017, Claire Sandy, A Not Quite Perfect Family, Pan Macmillan, page 132:",
          "text": "You behave as if it’s a sin to spend money, but if some la-la land TV company wants to spaff cash at me, what should I do? Duck?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Boris Johnson, The Boris Johnson Phone-In Live On LBC, m 2019-03-13:",
          "text": "You know, £60m I saw was being spaffed up a wall on some investigation into historic child abuse and all this kind of thing. What on earth is that going to do to protect the public now?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 114:",
          "text": "This grooming of the national mindset explains the retention of 92 \"hereditary peers\" in the House of Lords: individuals who are gifted a right to sit in the nation's upper chamber and facilitate laws for no other reason than that their ancestor was the illegitimate child of some prince, or willing to spaff a few quid on the title when David Lloyd Gorge was selling of gongs for bribes.",
          "type": "quote"
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      ],
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      ],
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        "(transitive, slang, vulgar) To waste (resources); splurge."
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    }
  ],
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  ],
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}

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