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goffers

goffers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of goffer.

Meaning of goffer

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

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Questions about goffers

What is goffers the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Goffers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of goffer.

Words near goffers in the dictionary

  1. goffered
  2. gofferer
  3. gofferers
  4. goffering
  5. gofferings
  6. goffers
  7. goffick
  8. goffin
  9. Goffin's cockatoo
  10. Goffin's cockatoos
  11. Goffin's corella

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