English
daff
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /dæf/
Noun

daff (plural daffs)

  1. A fool; an idiot; a blockhead.
Verb

daff (daffs, present participle daffing; past and past participle daffed)

  1. (intransitive) To be foolish; make sport; play; toy.
  2. (UK, dialect, obsolete) To daunt.
Verb

daff (daffs, present participle daffing; past and past participle daffed)

  1. (transitive) To toss (aside); to dismiss.
    • 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2 Scene 3
      DON PEDRO. I would she had bestowed this dotage on me; I would have daffed all other respects and made her half myself.
    • 1948, CS Lewis, ‘Notes on the Way’:
      Such is the record of Scripture. Nor can you daff it aside by saying that local and temporary conditions condemned women to silence and private life.
  2. (transitive) To turn (someone) aside; divert.
Noun

daff (plural daffs)

  1. (British, informal) Clipping of daffodil#English|daffodil.
    Get your daffs here - £2 a bunch.
    • 1934, Dorothy L. Sayers, The Nine Tailors
      You want a few more daffs on the decani side […]
Noun

daff (plural daffs)

  1. Alternative form of daf#English|daf (“type of drum”)


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