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gliffs

gliffs is the plural of gliff.

Meaning of gliff

Noun

gliff (plural gliffs)

  1. (Scotland, archaic) A quick glance.
  2. (Scotland, archaic) An unexpected view of something startling.
  3. (Scotland, archaic) A sudden fright.
  4. (Scotland, archaic) A short moment.
    • [W]ill ye come out and speak just a gliff to ane that has mony thanks to gi'e ye?— […] Wad ye but come out a gliff, man, or but say ye're listening?— […]1816, Jedadiah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter IX, in Tales of My Landlord, […], volume I (The Black Dwarf), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for William Blackwood, […]...

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Questions about gliffs

What is gliffs the plural of?
Gliffs is the plural of gliff.

Words near gliffs in the dictionary

  1. Gliese 581
  2. Glifada
  3. gliff
  4. gliffed
  5. gliffing
  6. gliffs
  7. gliflozin
  8. gliflozins
  9. gliflumide
  10. glifozin
  11. glifozins

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