Guff

Pronunciation

• enPR: gÅ­f, IPA: /É¡ÊŒf/
• Rhymes: -ÊŒf

Origin

Full definition of guff

Noun

1. (informal) Nonsensical talk or thinking.
• 1913, w, Lord Stranleigh Abroad Chapter 4, “… That woman is stark mad, Lord Stranleigh....If she had her way, she’d ruin the company inside a year with her hare-brained schemes ; love of the people, and that sort of guff.”
2. (informal) Superfluous information.
3. (informal) Insolent or otherwise unacceptable remarks.

Synonyms

• (nonsensical talk or thinking) balls, bull, bulldust, bullshit, crap, nonsense, rubbish, tripe
• (insolent or otherwise unacceptable remarks) brass neck, cheek, impudence, insolence, lip

Verb

1. (slang) To break wind.
2. (slang) To mislead.
• 1955, Rex Stout, "The Next Witness", in , October 1994 edition, ISBN 0553249592, page 14:"Let me see if I get you. You can't bear to help convict Ashe of murder because you doubt if he's guilty, so you're scooting. Right?"..."That's close enough," Wolfe said."Not close enough for me. If you expect me to... invite a stiff fine for running out on a subpoena..., don't try to guff me. Say we doubt if Ashe is guilty, but we think he may get tagged because we know Mandelbaum wouldn't go to trial without a good case. Say also our bank account needs a shot in the arm, which is true. So we decide to see if we can..."

Synonyms

• (break wind) See also
• (mislead) To bullshit