"spraff" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spraffs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} spraff (plural spraffs)
  1. (Scotland, colloquial) Spiel. Tags: Scotland, colloquial
    Sense id: en-spraff-en-noun-pO-ydXar Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 25 24 13 12
  2. (Scotland, colloquial) Chat, patter. Tags: Scotland, colloquial
    Sense id: en-spraff-en-noun-iqP9NkPZ Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 25 24 13 12
  3. (Scotland, colloquial) Speech. Tags: Scotland, colloquial
    Sense id: en-spraff-en-noun-eYnhqoBF Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 25 24 13 12

Verb

Forms: spraffs [present, singular, third-person], spraffing [participle, present], spraffed [participle, past], spraffed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} spraff (third-person singular simple present spraffs, present participle spraffing, simple past and past participle spraffed)
  1. (Scotland, colloquial) To speak excessively or pointlessly. Tags: Scotland, colloquial
    Sense id: en-spraff-en-verb-0iPEIkfy Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 25 24 13 12
  2. (Scotland, colloquial) To speak (in general). Tags: Scotland, colloquial
    Sense id: en-spraff-en-verb-ij~RVoc2 Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 25 24 13 12

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for spraff meaning in English (3.1kB)

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