Meaning

2 senses

  1. (slang)To fart.

  2. (slang)To mislead.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. And don't give me any guff about it.

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  2. Don't give me any guff, just start now and tell me when you're done.

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  3. I have been in the business for long enough not to fall for that guff.

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  4. I thought he'd blow when she started giving him guff, but no -- he shrugs and says "You got a point."

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Translations

1 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
break wind:

Origin

Onomatopoeic. Compare Norwegian gufs (“puff of wind”), guffa (“to blow softly”).

Onomatopoeic. Compare Norwegian gufs (“puff of wind”), guffa (“to blow softly”).

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Forms

guffs, guffing, guffed, guffed
Base formguff · to guff
3rd person singularguffs
Present participleguffing
Past simpleguffed
Past participleguffed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyguff
he, she, itguffs

Past simpleLesson

all personsguffed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave guffed
he, she, ithas guffed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill guff

Word family

2 related words
Derivedgufferguff off

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
guessworkguestA1guesthouseguidanceB1guideB1guidelineB2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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