raff
English
Etymology 1
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French raffer, of German origin; compare German raffen, akin to English rap (“to snatch”). Compare riffraff, rip (“to tear”).
Noun
raff (countable and uncountable, plural raffs)
- A promiscuous heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse.
- Barrow
- A raff of errors.
- Barrow
- The common rabble or mob; riffraff.
- A low fellow; a churl.
Derived terms
Verb
raff (third-person singular simple present raffs, present participle raffing, simple past and past participle raffed)
- To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep.
- Carew
- Causes and effects which I thus raff up together.
- Carew
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Noun
raff (plural raffs)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “raff”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams
German
Verb
raff
- (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of raffen.
- (colloquial) (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of raffen.
Welsh
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
raff
- Soft mutation of rhaff.
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
rhaff | raff | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
raff
- Soft mutation of graff.