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gaffings

gaffings is the plural of gaffing.

Meaning of gaffing

Noun

gaffing (plural gaffings)

  1. The process of landing a fish with a gaff.
    • Of the few gaffings that I have seen attempted under water most have been either bad shots or failures. One sees the gut fouled, the fish torn, the fish lost, and the angler fume.1930, W. F. R. Reynolds, Fly and Minnow: Common Problems of Trout and Salmon Fishing

Questions about gaffings

What is gaffings the plural of?
Gaffings is the plural of gaffing.

Words near gaffings in the dictionary

  1. gaffes
  2. Gaffey
  3. Gaffeys
  4. gaffing
  5. gaffing off
  6. gaffings
  7. gaffkaemia
  8. gaffkemia
  9. gaffle
  10. gaffled
  11. gaffles

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