griff

American  

[grif] / grɪf /

noun

1. griffin.

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griff British  

/ ɡrɪf /

noun

1. slang information; news

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Etymology

Origin of griff

First recorded in 1890–95; by shortening

Example Sentences

Mr. Rudd plays Griff, a not-great actor in Los Angeles whose proudest credit is a supporting stint on the middling CBS series “S.W.A.T.,” which anyway fired him early in the show’s run.

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Someone digs up a long-lost tape showcasing the pals’ meager but gung-ho attempt at making a scary home movie when they were kids, so when Griff says that he managed to score the rights to “Anaconda” from the widow of the man who wrote the book it was based on, their next step seems obvious.

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Doug feverishly bangs out a script and Griff, who plans to star in the remake, calls it “a masterpiece,” though the demented glint in Mr. Black’s eyes assures us it’s anything but.

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Griff and Doug are focused on making a suspense picture that contains hidden social value or, as they keep saying, “Themes!”

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That reality is going to one-up Griff and Doug’s efforts to make a simple schlock movie seems foreordained, yielding the signature line, “We came here to make ‘Anaconda’ and now we’re in it!”

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