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knuff

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /nʌf/
  • rhymes with -ʌf
  • homophone: 'nuff

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noun

Meaning 1

A lout, rogue or rustic person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bumpkin, yokel, bogger, bogtrotter, boor, bucolic, bydlo, culchie, carl, churl, corncob, cornhusker, country bumpkin, country cousin, clodhopper, dubbo, joskin, hayseed, hick, hob, hobnail, hog-rubber, honyock, hunk, lob, promdi, provincial, rube, rustic, woolly back

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Compare Old English cnof (“a churl”).