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knuff

/nʌf/

knuff noun: a lout, rogue or rustic person.

Noun

knuff (plural knuffs)

  1. (obsolete) A lout, rogue or rustic person.
    • The country knuffs, Hob, Dick, and Hick, with clubs and clouted shoon(Can we date this quote?), Unknown, (Please provide the book title or journal name); quoted in Mary Anne Martha Hoppus, “The Rebellions of the Poor Commons”, in Landholding in England, London: A. C....

Synonyms of knuff

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Forms of knuff

pluralknuffs
alternative formgnuff

Origin of knuff

Compare Old English cnof (“a churl”).

Words that rhyme with knuff

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Questions about knuff

What does knuff mean?
Knuff means a lout, rogue or rustic person.
What part of speech is knuff?
Knuff is a noun.
How do you pronounce knuff?
Knuff is pronounced /nʌf/.
What is the plural of knuff?
The plural of knuff is knuffs.

Words near knuff in the dictionary

  1. Knudtsons
  2. Knueppel
  3. Knueppels
  4. Knuettel
  5. Knuettels
  6. knuff
  7. knuffs
  8. knuller
  9. knullers
  10. Knupp
  11. Knupps

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