Phrase guide
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verb
To make threats or boasts, especially if empty and/or if made to intimidate someone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: African-American Vernacular
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From wolf ticket/woof ticket, from woofing (“idly boasting”), from woofing (“(emptily/harmlessly) barking like a dog”). Woof ticket/wolf ticket is attested since the 1960s.
