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daffing

daffing noun: fun; merrymaking.

Noun

daffing (usually uncountable, plural daffings)

  1. (Scotland, usually) Fun; merrymaking.
    • Willy, Willy Wilkin,
      Kissed the maids a-milking,
      Fa, la, la!
      And with his merry daffing,
      He set them all a laughing.
      Ha, ha, ha!1886, James Orchard Halliwell, “Fourteenth Class: Love and Matrimony: CCCCXLI”, in The Nursery Rhymes of England

Forms of daffing

pluraldaffings

Origin of daffing

From daff + -ing.

Words that rhyme with daffing

Questions about daffing

What does daffing mean?
Daffing means fun; merrymaking.
What part of speech is daffing?
Daffing is a noun.
What is the plural of daffing?
The plural of daffing is daffings.

Words near daffing in the dictionary

  1. daffies
  2. daffiest
  3. daffily
  4. Daffin
  5. daffiness
  6. daffing
  7. daffings
  8. Daffins
  9. daffish
  10. daffock
  11. daffocks

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