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noun
soft drink; non-alcoholic drink
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, slang
Topics: government, military, naval, navy, politics, war
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To make wavy; to crimp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: gauffer
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: gauffer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: frill, flounce, ruffle, furbelow
noun
an iron used to press pleats and ridges
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: gauffer, goffering iron, gauffering iron
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: iron, smoothing iron
noun
a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: gopher
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: eager beaver, busy bee, live wire, sharpie, sharpy
verb
make wavy with a heated goffering iron
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: gauffer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wave
History
Borrowed from French gaufrer (“to stamp with a patterned tool”), from gaufre (“honeycomb”).
Across languages
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
