raff

Meanings

Noun

• A promiscuous heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse.
• The common rabble or mob; riffraff.
• A low fellow; a churl.
• A three-cornered sail set on a schooner when before the wind.

Verb

• To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep.

Origin

• From Middle English raf, from Old French raffer, of Germanic origin; compare German raffen, akin to rap. Compare riffraff, rip.