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boff

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noun

Theater.
  1. a box-office hit.
  2. 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.

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RELATED WORDS

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

Nearby words

  1. boertjie,
  2. boet,
  3. boethius,
  4. boetius,
  5. boeuf bourguignon,
  6. boffin,
  7. boffo,
  8. boffola,
  9. bofors gun,
  10. bog

Origin of boff

cf. boffo
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British Dictionary definitions for boff

boff

noun

informal short for boffin
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