boff

[bof]Slang.

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noun

Theater.

a box-office hit.
a joke or humorous line producing hearty laughter.

a loud hearty laugh; belly laugh.

verb (used with object)

to cause to be overcome with laughter.

to hit; strike.

Origin of boff

cf. boffo

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Related Words for boff

hit, harm, charge, raid, besiege, beat, assault, hurt, bombard, ambush, stab, storm, strike, assail, blast, invade, infiltrate, knock, crash, pummel

Examples from the Web for boff

Contemporary Examples of boff

"This is a breakaway pope," Boff declared recently to a Brazilian reporter, here in Portuguese.
He’s Their Pope: Francis Returns to Latin America
Mac Margolis
July 24, 2013

Historical Examples of boff

I'm ergwine ter v strow dese lillies o' de walley on boff on em.
The Broken Sword
Dennison Worthington
Boff ob yu is jist got tu git outen de grate house und stop toting wittles tu de po white trash.
The Broken Sword
Dennison Worthington

British Dictionary definitions for boff

boff

noun

informal short for boffin

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