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gonif

gonif is the alternative form of ganef.

Meaning of ganef

Noun

ganef (plural ganefs or ganevim)

  1. (derogatory, slang) A thief; a rascal or scoundrel.
    • Right to the end of the street he dragged her, pursued by a hooting crowd. Then he stopped, worn out. "Will you give me that sixpence, you Ganef!"1914 [1892], Israel Zangwill, Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People

Forms of gonif

pluralgonifs
pluralgonivim

Questions about gonif

What is gonif the alternative form of?
Gonif is the alternative form of ganef.

Words near gonif in the dictionary

  1. gonidioid
  2. gonidiophore
  3. gonidiophores
  4. gonidium
  5. gonids
  6. gonif
  7. goniff
  8. goniffs
  9. gonifs
  10. gonihedric
  11. gonimia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gonif (page history and authors); ganef (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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