Word: gaffs
Category: gaffs
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Related words: gaffs
climbing gaffs, tree gaffs, gaffs for sale, obama gaffs, pole gaffs
Translations: gaffs
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spanish
Translations:
garfios, picos de cangreja, los garfios, garfios de, picos de cangreja de
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german
Translations:
landungshaken, Gaffeln, Gaffs Haken, Landungshaken, Gaffs Hakenlöser
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french
Translations:
gaffes, des gaffes, les gaffes, gaffe
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italian
Translations:
picchi, picco di, i picchi, Il picco di
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portuguese
Translations:
caranguejas, apês, as caranguejas, As caranguejas de
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dutch
Translations:
gaffels
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russian
Translations:
баграми, гафеля
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swedish
Translations:
gaffar, gafflar, gafflar av, griparmarnas taggar
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finnish
Translations:
kahveleiden, koukkuja
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danish
Translations:
gafler, gafler af
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czech
Translations:
vratiráhna
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polish
Translations:
gafle
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hungarian
Translations:
csonkaárbocokra, csonkaárbocoknak, készült csonkaárbocoknak, csonkaárbocokra vonatkozó, A csonkaárbocokra
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greek
Translations:
πίκια, τα πίκια
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ukrainian
Translations:
баграми, гаками
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albanian
Translations:
Gafa, Gafa të
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bulgarian
Translations:
гафелите, гафелите от, относно гафелите
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belarusian
Translations:
бусакамі
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estonian
Translations:
kahvlite, kahvlid, kahvlite kohta
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lithuanian
Translations:
gafeliai
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latvian
Translations:
gafelēm
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macedonian
Translations:
харпуни
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romanian
Translations:
Picurile, Picurile din
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slovenian
Translations:
debla, glavna debla, kavlje
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slovak
Translations:
vratirahna, vratirahná
The meaning and "use of": gaffs
noun
- a stick with a hook, or a barbed spear, for landing large fish. - Before commercialization, when lobsters were fished as a subsistence item, or for sale or barter in small local markets, they were typically fished by hand or with gaffs and spears.
- a spar to which the head of a fore-and-aft sail is bent. - Vessels built of ferrocement may be accepted if they have a gaff or traditional schooner rig.
- rough treatment; criticism. - if wages increase, perhaps we can stand the gaff
- a house, apartment, or other building, especially as being a person's home. - John's new gaff is on McDonald Road
- seize or impale with a gaff. - Therefore, I favour such deceptive tactics as dragging a small, weighted hook wrapped in colourful wool across the sandy bottom and gaffing the unsuspecting honeymooners mid-coitus.
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