Gaffer

  • 31gaffer,\ gaff — Used in place of stupid or silly. I believe this is a very loose translation of the dictionary definitions for foolish talk, humorous old man. Anyone a bit silly became a gaffer, and, ergo, some silly thing or act was gaff. Popped up in SE Mass… …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 32gaffer,\ gaff — Used in place of stupid or silly. I believe this is a very loose translation of the dictionary definitions for foolish talk, humorous old man. Anyone a bit silly became a gaffer, and, ergo, some silly thing or act was gaff. Popped up in SE Mass… …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 33gaffer tape — /ˈgæfə teɪp/ (say gafuh tayp) noun a strong adhesive cloth tape for electrical and other purposes. {gaffer (def. 4) + tape} …

  • 34gaffer — noun Etymology: alteration of godfather Date: 1589 1. an old man compare gammer 2. British a. foreman, overseer b. employer 3. a head glassblower 4. a lighting electrician on a motion picture or television set …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 35GAFFER — v. a. Accrocher quelque chose avec une gaffe. GAFFÉ, ÉE. participe …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 36GAFFER — v. tr. Accrocher quelque chose avec une gaffe. Employé intransitivement, il signifie au figuré Commettre une maladresse, dire ou faire ce qu’il n’eût fallu ni dire ni faire. Il est familier …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 37gaffer — /gaf euhr/, n. 1. the chief electrician on a motion picture or television production. 2. Informal. an old man. 3. Brit. a foreman or overseer, esp. the boss of a group of physical laborers. 4. Glassmaking. a master glassblower responsible for… …

    Universalium

  • 38Gaffer — Chef Elektriker für die Beleuchtung; Chefbeleuchter; Schaulustiger * * * Gạf|fer 〈m. 3; umg.; abwertend〉 jmd., der gafft, der neugierig u. untätig bei etwas zusieht * * * Gạf|fer, der; s, (abwertend): jmd., der gaffend dasteht. * * * Gạf|fer,… …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 39gaffer — (ga fé) v. a. Accrocher quelque chose avec une gaffe. ÉTYMOLOGIE    Gaffe 1 ; prov. et esp. gafar …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 40gaffer — Synonyms and related words: Big Brother, Father Time, Methuselah, Nestor, Old Paar, auditor, boatswain, boss, centenarian, chief, comptroller, controller, dotard, duffer, elder, floor manager, floorman, floorwalker, foreman, ganger, geezer,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

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