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baffs

baffs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of baff.

Meaning of baff

Verb (1)

baff (third-person singular simple present baffs, present participle baffing, simple past and past participle baffed)

  1. (archaic, intransitive) To bark; yelp.

Verb (2)

baff (third-person singular simple present baffs, present participle baffing, simple past and past participle baffed)

  1. To hit or strike, especially with something flat or soft.
  2. To strike the ground with the bottom of the club when taking a stroke.

See all 5 meanings of baff

Noun

baffs pl (plural only)

  1. (Nigeria, plural, plural-only, slang) fashionable clothes

Origin of baffs

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Questions about baffs

What does baffs mean?
Baffs means fashionable clothes.
What is baffs the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Baffs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of baff.
What part of speech is baffs?
Baffs is a noun.

Words near baffs in the dictionary

  1. baffound
  2. baffounded
  3. baffounding
  4. baffoundings
  5. baffounds
  6. baffs
  7. bafful
  8. baffy
  9. Bafia
  10. bafilomycin
  11. bafilomycins

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Adapted from Wiktionary: baffs (page history and authors); baff (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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