baff

Meanings

Verb

• To bark; yelp.
• To hit or strike, especially with something flat or soft.
• To strike the ground with the bottom of the club when taking a stroke.

Noun

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Origin

• From Middle English baffen. Cognate with Dutch baffen, Low German baffen, German baffen, bäfzen, Danish bjæffe, Swedish bjäbba. Compare buff, yaff.
• Probably from Scots baff, beff, bauf, probably from West Flemish baf, baffe. Compare also Old French baffe (Modern French baffe), of imitative origin.