goffer
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from French gaufrer (“to stamp with a patterned tool”), from gaufre (“honeycomb”).
Verb
editgoffer (third-person singular simple present goffers, present participle goffering, simple past and past participle goffered)
- To make wavy; to crimp.
- 1985, John Fowles, A Maggot:
- On the back of a chair beside the bed sits perched above the discarded chip hat something apparently precious and taken from the opened bundle on the floor: a flat white cambric hat, its fronts and sides goffered into little flutes.
Translations
editTo make wavy; to crimp
Etymology 2
editNoun
editgoffer (plural goffers)
- (UK, naval slang) soft drink; non-alcoholic drink
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editPolish
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgoffer m animal
- eastern pocket gopher (any pocket gopher of the genus Geomys)
Declension
editDeclension of goffer
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