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gaffe
(encz) | gaffe,chyba n: Zdeněk Brož |
gaffe
(gcide) | gaffe \gaffe\ (g[a^]f), n.
A socially awkward or tactless act.
Syn: faux-pas, solecism, slip, gaucherie.
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gaffe
(wn) | gaffe
n 1: a socially awkward or tactless act [syn: faux pas,
gaffe, solecism, slip, gaucherie] |
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gaffer
(mass) | gaffer
- majster |
gaffer
(encz) | gaffer,hlavní osvětlovač n: Zdeněk Brožgaffer,mistr n: Zdeněk Brožgaffer,předák n: Zdeněk Brož |
Gaffed
(gcide) | Gaff \Gaff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gaffed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gaffing.]
To strike with a gaff or barbed spear; to secure by means of
a gaff; as, to gaff a salmon.
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Gaffer
(gcide) | Gaffer \Gaf"fer\ (g[a^]f"f[~e]r), n. [Possibly contr. fr.
godfather; but prob. fr. gramfer for grandfather. Cf.
Gammer.]
1. An old fellow; an aged rustic.
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Go to each gaffer and each goody. --Fawkes.
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Note: Gaffer was originally a respectful title, now
degenerated into a term of familiarity or contempt when
addressed to an aged man in humble life.
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2. A foreman or overseer of a gang of laborers. [Prov. Eng.]
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gaffer
(wn) | gaffer
n 1: an elderly man [syn: old-timer, oldtimer, gaffer,
old geezer, antique]
2: an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set
3: a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to
leave early you have to ask the foreman" [syn: foreman,
chief, gaffer, honcho, boss] |
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