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blaff

blaff verb: to bark.

Verb

blaff (third-person singular simple present blaffs, present participle blaffing, simple past and past participle blaffed)

  1. (obsolete) to bark

Forms of blaff

third-person singular presentblaffs
present participleblaffing
past participleblaffed
pastblaffed

Origin of blaff

17th century, from Dutch blaffen.

Questions about blaff

What does blaff mean?
Blaff means to bark.
What part of speech is blaff?
Blaff is a verb.
What is the past tense of blaff?
The past tense of blaff is blaffed.

Words near blaff in the dictionary

  1. Blaengarw
  2. Blaengwrach
  3. Blaengwynfi
  4. Blaenhonddan
  5. Blaenrhondda
  6. blaff
  7. blaffert
  8. blafferts
  9. Blafrican
  10. Blafricans
  11. blag

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