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ecaf

UK/ˈiː.keɪf/US/ˈi.keɪf/

ecaf noun: a person's face.

Noun

ecaf (plural ecafs)

  1. (Polari, back slang) A person's face.
    • He was very camp, and used all that weird gay backslang of the fifties[.] ‘Clock the ecaf, dear!’ they would say (look at the face).1990, Jean Shrimpton, Jean Shrimpton
    • If you had too much slap on when you went out . . . your mates say too much slap on your ecaf. Yeah. Oh really girl? Yes . . . Go in the lavs here and have a look.1991, K. Porter; J. Weeks, Between the Acts: Lives of Homosexual Men 1885–1967, said by Alex
    Synonyms:
    eek

Synonyms of ecaf

Forms of ecaf

pluralecafs

Origin of ecaf

Backwards spelling of face.

Questions about ecaf

What does ecaf mean?
Ecaf means a person's face.
What part of speech is ecaf?
Ecaf is a noun.
How do you pronounce ecaf?
Ecaf is pronounced /ˈiː.keɪf/ (UK).
What is the plural of ecaf?
The plural of ecaf is ecafs.

Words near ecaf in the dictionary

  1. ecabet
  2. ECAC
  3. ecad
  4. ecadotril
  5. ecads
  6. ecaf
  7. ecafs
  8. ECAJ
  9. ecalcarate
  10. ecalcidene
  11. eCall

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