Gaff

Quick meaning: Gaff is a noun meaning A tool consisting of a large metal hook with a handle or pole, especially the one used to pull large fish aboard a boat.

Meaning

A tool consisting of a large metal hook with a handle or pole, especially the one used to pull large fish aboard a boat.

More Meanings

1. A minor error or faux pas, a gaffe.
2. A trick or con.
3. (nautical) The upper spar used to control a gaff-rigged sail.
4. To use a gaff, especially to land a fish.
5. To cheat or hoax.
6. (transitive) To doctor or modify for deceptive purposes.
7. (LGBTQ) A type of tight, panty-like underwear worn to hold the penis and testicles tucked backwards and make one's genital region look smooth, as if one had a vulva.

Example Sentences

We politely ignored his gaff.

The sideshow feat was just a gaff, but the audience was too proud to admit they'd been fooled.

Sissy maids may be required to wear a gaff to disguise the male genitals, and a dominant may wish a slave to wear it on a daily basis.

When Leonard finally hauls up a cod of seventy-five centimeters, probably seven years old, a typical catch ten years ago, they all joke, "Oh my God, get the gaff!"

Word Forms

• gaffs
• gaffing
• gaffed
• gaf

Synonyms for gaff

Depending on context, synonyms include hakapik.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include topsail, hook, spanker, shandy, gaffman, gaffsman.

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