Raff
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɹæf/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Raff is a noun meaning A disorderly heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse.
Meaning
A disorderly heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse.
More Meanings
- The common rabble or mob; riffraff.
- A low fellow; a churl.
- To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep.
- (nautical) A three-cornered sail set on a schooner when before the wind.
Example Sentences
A raff of errors.
Causes and effects which I thus raffe up together.
Jostling with unemployed labourers of the lowest class, ballast-heavers, coal-whippers, brazen women, ragged children, and the raff and refuse of the river, he makes his way with difficulty along […]
Word Forms
- raffs
- raffing
- raffed
- raffe
- raffie
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rabble, riff, raffe, raffie, raffle, rickle.
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