daff
1[ daf ]
verb (used without object)Scot. and North England.
to make sport; dally; play.
Origin of daff
1Words Nearby daff
How to use daff in a sentence
No that the King is sair to live with either, so that he can eat and drink and daff, and be let alone to take his ease.
Two Penniless Princesses | Charlotte M. YongeMr. daff, however, offered the best apology for his absence that could be made.
The Ayrshire Legatees | John Galt
British Dictionary definitions for daff (1 of 2)
daff1
/ (dæf) /
noun
informal short for daffodil
British Dictionary definitions for daff (2 of 2)
daff2
/ (dɑːf) /
verb
(intr) mainly Scot to frolic; play the fool
Origin of daff
2C16: from obsolete daff fool, of uncertain origin
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