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gnuff

gnuff is the alternative form of knuff.

Meaning of knuff

Noun

knuff (plural knuffs)

  1. (obsolete) A lout, rogue or rustic person.
    • The country knuffs, Hob, Dick, and Hick, with clubs and clouted shoon(Can we date this quote?), Unknown, (Please provide the book title or journal name); quoted in Mary Anne Martha Hoppus, “The Rebellions of the Poor Commons”, in Landholding in England, London: A. C....

Forms of gnuff

pluralgnuffs

Questions about gnuff

What is gnuff the alternative form of?
Gnuff is the alternative form of knuff.

Words near gnuff in the dictionary

  1. gnu goats
  2. GNU GPL
  3. GNU/Linux
  4. gnudi
  5. gnudis
  6. gnuff
  7. gnuffs
  8. gnurled
  9. gnus
  10. Gnuse
  11. Gnusmas

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