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": to fit (a gamecock) with a metal spur":[],
": to fix for the purpose of cheating":[
"gaff the dice"
],
": to strike or secure with a spear or hook":[
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"1812, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1844, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1896, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1933, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"circa 1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":"Noun"
},
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"borrowed from French gaffe , going back to Middle French, borrowed from Old Occitan gaf , probably derivative of gafar \"to seize,\" of obscure origin":"Noun",
"derivative of gaff entry 1":"Verb",
"of obscure origin":"Noun",
"probably derivative of gaff entry 3":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8gaf"
],
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"faux pas",
"gaffe",
"impropriety",
"indiscretion",
"solecism"
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"verb"
]
},
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"attention",
"civility",
"courtesy",
"formality",
"gesture",
"pleasantry"
],
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": a noticeable mistake":[
"Kwan did not fall today, as she had in Friday's short program, a gaffe that left her in fourth place.",
"\u2014 Christopher Clarey"
],
": a social or diplomatic blunder":[
"committed an embarrassing gaffe when he mispronounced her name"
]
},
"examples":[
"He realized that he had committed an awful gaffe when he mispronounced her name.",
"committed a huge gaffe when she started drinking from the finger bowl",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Dwelling on the gaffe was short-lived as Kim doubled home extra-innings runner Jake Cronenworth to snag the lead in the 11th. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 May 2022",
"Short of the possible Twitter gaffe , Marvel has made no official indication that Moon Knight is returning for season 2. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 4 May 2022",
"Biden critics called it a gaffe , but the statement wasn\u2019t a slip of the tongue. \u2014 Doyle Mcmanuswashington Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 29 May 2022",
"Biden would hardly be the first U.S. official to make a gaffe on Taiwan policy. \u2014 Adam Taylor, Washington Post , 24 May 2022",
"Instead, the ad hoc remarks that have stirred controversy seem to be more in the category of the columnist Michael Kinsley\u2019s legendary definition of a gaffe . \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
"The Houston Astros got a win Thursday night thanks to a game-ending single in the ninth inning by Kyle Tucker despite a baserunning gaffe from Yordan Alvarez earlier in the inning. \u2014 Kristie Rieken, Chron , 6 May 2022",
"But the company also recently suffered from a big public-relations gaffe . \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 20 May 2022",
"The gaffe came as Bush was denouncing Vladimir Putin at an event on election integrity at the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas on Wednesday. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 19 May 2022"
],
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"1909, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"borrowed from French, probably a sense development of gaffe gaff entry 1":""
},
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"\u02c8gaf"
],
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"solecism"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"noun"
],
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": an old man \u2014 compare gammer":[],
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": a lighting electrician on a motion-picture or television set":[]
},
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"\u02c8ga-f\u0259r"
],
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Inflation has hit everything from fuel to electrical equipment to gaffer tape. \u2014 Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 June 2022",
"Several crew members, including the gaffer Serge Svetnoy, complained about lax gun safety in the days before the fatal accident, when Baldwin aimed the gun at Hutchins during a rehearsal for a scene in an old wooden church. \u2014 Meg James, Los Angeles Times , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Then Blaschke, the cinematographer; Lynch, the gaffer ; and Eggers embedded special LED lights that were programmed to move like lava into the ground. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Serge Svetnoy, the film\u2019s gaffer , and Mamie Mitchell, the script supervisor, have previously filed suit. \u2014 NBC News , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Serge Svetnoy, the film\u2019s gaffer , and Mamie Mitchell, the script supervisor, have previously filed suit. \u2014 NBC News , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Mamie Mitchell, the script supervisor; Serge Svetnoy, the gaffer ; and Cherlyn Schaefer, the key medic. \u2014 NBC News , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Mamie Mitchell, the script supervisor; Serge Svetnoy, the gaffer ; and Cherlyn Schaefer, the key medic. \u2014 Gene Maddaus, Variety , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Serge Svetnoy, the film\u2019s gaffer , and Mamie Mitchell, the script supervisor, have previously filed suit. \u2014 NBC News , 8 Feb. 2022"
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"phonetic reduction of godfather entry 1 (with initial vowel perhaps from grandfather entry 1 )":""
},
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"1589, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-144330"
},
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"adjective"
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": a genus of parasitic gram-positive bacteria (family Micrococcaceae) that are now usually placed in Micrococcus":[]
},
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"New Latin, after Georg Gaffky \u20201918 German bacteriologist":""
},
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},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": a steel lever used to bend a crossbow":[]
},
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"Middle English gaffolle , from Middle Dutch gaffel, gafel fork; akin to Old English gafol, geafel fork, Old High German gabala , Old Saxon gafala fork, Old Irish gabul forked branch, fork, vulva":""
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": having a gaff-headed mainsail and sometimes other gaff-headed sails":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-164020"
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"noun"
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": a fore-and-aft sail suspended from a gaff":[]
},
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"gaff entry 3 + sail":""
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"noun"
],
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": a usually triangular topsail with its foot extended upon the gaff \u2014 see sail illustration":[]
},
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"1794, in the meaning defined above":""
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"oasis in west central Tunisia":[]
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