Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To bark; yelp.
- To beat; strike; specifically, in the game of golf, to hit the ground with the club when striking at the ball.
- n. A blow; a heavy thump.
- Worthless; useless.
Wiktionary
- v. intransitive, archaic To bark; yelp.
- v. To hit or strike, especially with something flat or soft.
- v. golf To strike the ground with the bottom of the club when taking a stroke.
- n. Geordie blank
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Scot. A blow; a stroke; thud.
- n. (Golf), Scot. or Golf a stroke in which the sole of the club hits the ground and drives the ball aloft.
- v. Scot. or Golf To strike; to beat; to make a baff.
Etymologies
- Probably from Old French baffe ("slap in the face") (French baffe), of imitative origin. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Imperiyush Grouchi leedin-Man kitteh duz nawt want bubbLOl baff.”
I don’t believe it… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“Yoo kno teh storee bout teh ownur dat tried to giv her kitteh a baff, dun yoo?”
“Dey can haz kitteh baff lik lik tew get ridz uv dirt laeter.”
Alright guys, dis no - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“June 3, 2010 at 9:02 pm ai dunnoez abowt dat….ai knoez datt itt taystez gud…butt ! ann entyer baff obbitt?”
Basement Cat’s Minion traded his soul - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“I was finkin dat redd wanted to cheer him up wiffa nice warm baff.”
I’m a mean, - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“April 11, 2010 at 3:59 pm oh, an teh blakk marble toilet in teh master baff. we gotted taht bafroom re-done right neer hallolween wun yeer. teh naybor saw teh blakk toilet owt in the frunt yard while teh bafroom guy wuz wurking, an sed we shuld keep it owt ther for halolween an have a ghost coming up owt of it.”
Me and my bed, you and your jeans. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“Pooh fing, her wuz so upset, first the drive then the baff.”
but….. u sed u lubbed me…. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“If u hav a ‘beanbag’ seet, u kneads tu wosh it sumtiems, and teh baff iz teh best plais tu poot teh ‘beens’ wiel it drise.”
Video: Kitteh vs. Styrofoam Balls - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“Aifink mebbe wuz taykin a breff in teh middlol uv a baff.”
construktshen wirker - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“Ummm… wai duz da hooman have baff masheen fillded wiff foam bawl pit in da furst place? curious kittehs wanna no.”
Video: Kitteh vs. Styrofoam Balls - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘baff’.
-
golf related words
everything golf
airshot, albatross, backswing, baff, baffy, birdie, birdieing, bisque, blaster, bogey, brassy, brassie and 102 more...
-
Under The Kilt
Anything related to Scottish culture, cuisine, language, history and so on. Does not include Gaelic words unless acceptable (roughly speaking!) in a wider sense.
brae, machair, loch, burn, inverness, shieling, camanachd, shinty, diddy, bhoy, ghillie, brownie and 393 more...
-
epeolatrist's list
epeolatry, syzygy, sphallolalia, lucubration, lugubrious, cacology, mellifluous, tmesis, synecdoche, anathema, eschatological, razbliuto and 349 more...
-
A Serving of Random Palavery
This is an eclectic and somewhat random list of words that catch and hold my attention. They may be archaic or disused, dialectal, jargon words from my fields of academic speciality (linguistics, ...
scraffle, infelicitous, misprize, defrock, caitiff, gimcrack, innerve, abjure, cyberchondriac, indurate, hexagynous, pistils and 146 more...
-
Ffine ffettle
Words ending in double F
bailiff, mastiff, pontiff, plaintiff, distaff, dandruff, biff, blastoff, brushoff, bluff, buff, caitiff and 51 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for baff.
hernesheir (v.t.): to strike a blow, to beat (Scots dialect, or golf).
(n): a blow, stroke or thud, with special reference to golf, sensu reesetee's previous comment, below.
The word may find its origin as an interjection imitating the sound of a shot or sharp blow. Dec 31, 2008
hernesheir (v.t.): to strike a blow, to beat (Scots dialect, or golf).
(n): a blow, stroke or thud, with special reference to golf, sensu reesetee's previous comment, below.
The word may find its origin as an interjection imitating the sound of a shot or sharp blow. Dec 31, 2008
bilby Sounds like one of those Batman fight scene words.
Baff! Jul 18, 2008
reesetee In golf, to strike the ground with a club in making a stroke (verb), or a stroke with a club that unduly lofts the ball (noun). Apr 3, 2008