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gaffe

/ɡæf/

gaffe noun: a foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public; a social blunder; a breach of etiquette.

Noun

gaffe (plural gaffes)

  1. A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public; a social blunder; a breach of etiquette.
    • make a gaffe

gaffe meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

gaffe in Tamil

பெருந்தவறு, ஆராயாத செயல் அல்லது கூற்று

gaffe in Urdu

gaffe
اخلاقی لغزش aḵlāqi laġziš

gaffe in Bengali

সামাজিক ভুল

gaffe in Malayalam

mistake, blunder, error
അബദ്ധം, കെെയബദ്ധം, ബുദ്ധിമോശം, വങ്കത്തം, പിഴ, പിശക്
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gaffe in Kannada
ಪ್ರಮಾದ, ತಪ್ಪು, ಹೆಡ್ಡುತಪ್ಪು, ಹೆಡ್ಡುಕೆಲಸ

Examples of gaffe in a sentence

  • Such jealousy ill becomes her; she can ill afford another gaffe like that.
  • This latest gaffe hurts the legislator’s reelection prospects still further.
  • After his public gaffe, he was crucified in the media.

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Synonyms of gaffe

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Forms of gaffe

pluralgaffes
alternative formgaff

Plural of gaffe: gaffes

Origin of gaffe

From French gaffe (“blunder”). Doublet of gaff.

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Words that rhyme with gaffe

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Questions about gaffe

What does gaffe mean?
Gaffe means a foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public; a social blunder; a breach of etiquette.
What is gaffe in Tamil?
Gaffe in Tamil is பெருந்தவறு, ஆராயாத செயல் அல்லது கூற்று. See Gaffe meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is gaffe?
Gaffe is a noun.
How do you pronounce gaffe?
Gaffe is pronounced /ɡæf/.
What is the plural of gaffe?
The plural of gaffe is gaffes.

Words near gaffe in the dictionary

  1. gaff-rigs
  2. gaff-topsail
  3. gaff-topsails
  4. gaffa
  5. gaffas
  6. gaffe
  7. gaffed
  8. gaffed off
  9. gaffer
  10. gaffer grip
  11. gaffer grips

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: gaffe (page history and authors); gaffe (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اخلاقی لغزش (Urdu) (page history and authors); Gaffe (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gaffe (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); gaffe (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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