knuff

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English

Etymology

Compare Old English cnof (“a churl”).

Pronunciation

Noun

knuff (plural knuffs)

  1. (obsolete) A lout; a rustic person.
    • (Can we date this quote by Sir John Hayward and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      The country knuffs, Hob, Dick, and Hick, with clubs and clouted shoon,"

Alternative forms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “knuff”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

knuff

  1. singular imperative of knuffen
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of knuffen

Swedish

Noun

knuff c

  1. a push, a shove
    Han fick en knuff i ryggen
    He got pushed in the back

Usage notes

Would commonly be understood as a push with the hands without further context, though it can also mean pushing with other body parts. Same intuition as English push.

Declension

Declension of knuff 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative knuff knuffen knuffar knuffarna
Genitive knuffs knuffens knuffars knuffarnas

Related terms

  • knuffa (“to push, to shove”)

See also

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