Word.ws English Dictionary

throffer

throffer noun: a proposal that mixes an offer with a threat that will be carried out if the offer is not accepted.

Noun

throffer (plural throffers)

  1. (political philosophy) A proposal that mixes an offer with a threat that will be carried out if the offer is not accepted.

Forms of throffer

pluralthroffers

Origin of throffer

Blend of threat + offer.

Questions about throffer

What does throffer mean?
Throffer means a proposal that mixes an offer with a threat that will be carried out if the offer is not accepted.
What part of speech is throffer?
Throffer is a noun.
What is the plural of throffer?
The plural of throffer is throffers.

Words near throffer in the dictionary

  1. throe
  2. throed
  3. throeing
  4. throes
  5. throes of passion
  6. throffer
  7. throffers
  8. Throgmorton
  9. Throgmortons
  10. throller
  11. throllers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: throffer (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “throffer.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/throffer. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.