waff

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See also: Waff, and WAFF

English

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waff (third-person singular simple present waffs, present participle waffing, simple past and past participle waffed)

  1. (UK, dialect, archaic, intransitive) To bark; to woof.

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English waffe, northern variant of waven, from Old English wafian (to wave). Compare also Middle English waf, wayfe (smell; waft; odour).

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waff (third-person singular simple present waffs, present participle waffin, simple past wafft, past participle wafft)

  1. to wave, to move to and fro

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