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Gaffle
Meaning
Noun
●
A
lever
used to
bend
a crossbow.
●
A
steel
spur
attached
to a
gamecock
(sometimes used figuratively).
●
In Artillery & Talking:
A
portable
fork
of
iron
or
wood
in which the
heavy
musket
formerly
in use
was
rested
that it might be
accurately
aimed
and fired.
Verb
●
To
equip
with a
gaffle
or
similar
weapon.
●
To
grab
or seize
●
To
get hold of
, to find.
●
To
arrest
for
criminal
activity.
●
To steal
●
In Law enforcement & Talking:
To
swindle
or
bully
(someone)
●
In Talking:
To
talk
without a
purpose
, usually about
inane
or
pointless
topics
; to babble.
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Rhymes
Raffle
Yaffle
Baffle
Maffle
Gaffle
Falafel
Snaffle
Scraffle
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