daffing

American  

[daf-ing] / ˈdæf ɪŋ /

noun

Scot. and North England.

1. silliness; playful behavior; merriment;

2. Archaic. insanity.

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Etymology

Origin of daffing

First recorded in 1525–35; daff ¹ + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

He knew there would be no laughing and daffing about the work, if Thora Ragnor had the doing of it.”

From An Orkney Maid by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

Mary Hope," he used to say to her in his daffing way, "your scones are better than your father's law.

From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

Hout awa', auld carle," said the old dame, "to speak sic daffing to young folk.

From The Bride of Lammermoor by Scott, Walter, Sir

And with his merry daffing, He set them all a laughing.

From The Nursery Rhymes of England by Various

Indeed, to hear them daffing with each other one would have said they had been brought up together instead of being acquaintances of less than three weeks standing.

From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Travis, Stuart