biff

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English

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɪf/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪf

Noun

biff (plural biffs)

  1. (informal) A sudden, sharp blow or punch.
    • 1945, C. S. Lewis, The Great Divorce:
      "Hit him a biff," said the Big Man.
  2. (informal, sports) A wipeout.
  3. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) Euphemistic form of bitch.

Verb

biff (third-person singular simple present biffs, present participle biffing, simple past and past participle biffed)

  1. (informal, transitive) To punch or hit.
  2. (Atlantic Canada, New Zealand, slang, transitive) To discard; to throw out; to throw away.
  3. (informal, sports) To wipe out; to faceplant; to fall.

Interjection

biff

  1. The sound of a person being punched or hit.
    • 1989 June 5, The Canberra Times, Australia Capital Territory, page 10, column 2:
      Whap, Biff, Ooooof, Sock, Pow, Zok! Batman is back. Gotham City is again leaving its law and order in the hands of a man who wears plastic underpants over his tights.

French

Pronunciation

Noun

biff m (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of bif
    • 2011, “Michto”, performed by Seth Gueko:
      Faire du biff, c’est michto / Mais le biff attire les michtos
      Making moola's cool / But moola attracts gold diggers

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Old French boef, via English beef.

Noun

biff m (definite singular biffen, indefinite plural biffer, definite plural biffene)

  1. a steak (slice of beef)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old French boef, via English beef.

Noun

biff m (definite singular biffen, indefinite plural biffar, definite plural biffane)

  1. a steak (slice of beef)

References

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English beef. First attested in 1822.

Noun

biff c

  1. a beef steak
  2. (colloquial) a large and very muscular person; a beefy guy, a beefcake
    Wow! Vilken biff!
    Wow! What a beefy guy!

Usage notes

False friend with beef, see nötkött.

Declension

Declension of biff 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative biff biffen biffar biffarna
Genitive biffs biffens biffars biffarnas

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 biff in Svensk ordbok (SO)
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