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

It was just daffing, I tell ye: daffing, and nae mair: a piece of fun, like! 

From Lay Morals by Stevenson, Robert Louis

"And loon," Burns threw in, daffing with her.

From Nancy Stair A Novel by Lane, Elinor Macartney

“Is there any reason to refrain from laughing and daffing while at that work?”

From An Orkney Maid by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

Ghaist! my certie, I shall ghaist them—if they had their heads as muckle on their wark as on their daffing they wad play na sic pliskies—it's the wanton steed that scaurs at the windlestrae.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander