gaff

gaff is a 4-letter English word with 7 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A barbed spear or a hook with a handle, used by fishermen in securing heavy fish. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A barbed spear or a hook with a handle, used by fishermen in securing heavy fish.
2. noun. The spar upon which the upper edge of a fore-and-aft sail is extended.
3. noun. Same as Gaffle, 1.
4. transitive verb. To strike with a gaff or barbed spear; to secure by means of a gaff; as, to gaff a salmon.
5. noun. an iron hook with a handle; used for landing large fish
6. noun. a spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail
7. noun. a sharp metal spike or spur that is fastened to the leg of a gamecock

Common word forms

gaffs, gaffed, gaffer, gaffes, gaffing

Words from these letters

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