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goffer

/ˈɡɒfə/

goffer verb: to make wavy; to crimp.

Verb

goffer (third-person singular simple present goffers, present participle goffering, simple past and past participle goffered)

  1. To make wavy; to crimp.
    • On the back of a chair beside the bed sits perched above the discarded chip hat something apparently precious and taken from the opened bundle on the floor: a flat white cambric hat, its fronts and sides goffered into little flutes.1985, John Fowles, A Maggot
    Synonyms:
    gauffer

Noun

goffer (plural goffers)

  1. (UK, slang) soft drink; non-alcoholic drink

goffer meaning in Tamil

goffer in Tamil

துணிப்பரப்புத் தூவியமைவு

Synonyms of goffer

Forms of goffer

Verb
third-person singular presentgoffers
present participlegoffering
past participlegoffered
pastgoffered
Noun
pluralgoffers

Origin of goffer

Borrowed from French gaufrer (“to stamp with a patterned tool”), from gaufre (“honeycomb”).

Words formed from goffer

Questions about goffer

What does goffer mean?
Goffer means to make wavy; to crimp.
What is goffer in Tamil?
Goffer in Tamil is துணிப்பரப்புத் தூவியமைவு. See Goffer meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is goffer?
Goffer can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce goffer?
Goffer is pronounced /ˈɡɒfə/.
What is the past tense of goffer?
The past tense of goffer is goffered.

Words near goffer in the dictionary

  1. Goffe
  2. goffel
  3. goffels
  4. goffen
  5. goffens
  6. goffer
  7. goffered
  8. gofferer
  9. gofferers
  10. goffering
  11. gofferings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: goffer (page history and authors); goffer (Tamil 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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