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jaffled

jaffled is the simple past and past participle of jaffle.

Meaning of jaffle

Verb

jaffle (third-person singular simple present jaffles, present participle jaffling, simple past and past participle jaffled)

  1. (Norfolk, UK, archaic, intransitive) To talk foolishly.
    • In Norfolk, "jaffle" is used in the sense of idle discourse, of an indecent or malicious character; and a prating busybody is said to be "always a snaffling and jafflin about what don't concern him."1855, Notes and Queries, volume 11, page 391

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Questions about jaffled

What is jaffled the simple past and past participle of?
Jaffled is the simple past and past participle of jaffle.

Words near jaffled in the dictionary

  1. Jaffer
  2. Jaffers
  3. Jaffes
  4. jaffies
  5. jaffle
  6. jaffled
  7. jaffles
  8. jaffling
  9. Jaffna
  10. Jaffna Tamil
  11. Jaffnese

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