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jaraff

jaraff is the obsolete spelling of giraffe.

Meaning of giraffe

Noun

giraffe (plural giraffes or giraffe)

  1. A ruminant in the genus Giraffa of the African savannah with long legs, a highly elongated neck, yellow fur patterned with dark spots typically in the form of a network, and two or more horn-like projections called ossicones; the tallest living animal.
    • A group of giraffes is called a tower.2019 June 6, “A gaggle, a confusion and a conspiracy - bizarre animal collective group names”, in BBC
    Synonyms:
    camelopard
  2. A giraffe unicycle.
  3. (Cockney, slang) A laugh.
    • Are you having a giraffe?!
    Synonyms:
    bubble bath, bubble
  4. (colloquial) A very tall individual.
    1. (colloquial, derogatory, especially) A very tall woman.

Forms of jaraff

pluraljaraffs

Questions about jaraff

What is jaraff the obsolete spelling of?
Jaraff is the obsolete spelling of giraffe.

Words near jaraff in the dictionary

  1. jar-owls
  2. Jara
  3. Jarabulus
  4. jaracaca
  5. jaracacas
  6. jaraff
  7. jaraffs
  8. jaragua
  9. Jarai
  10. Jarales
  11. Jarama

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jaraff (page history and authors); giraffe (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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