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goff¹

Rhymes with -ɒf

noun

  1. Scotland, obsolete, uncountable Obsolete form of golf (“ball game”). Forester soon took an aversion to the game of goff, and recollected Scotch reels with less contempt.

goff²

Rhymes with -ɒf

Where it comes from

Compare French goffe (“ill-made, awkward”), Italian goffo, Spanish gofo, German dialect Goff (“a blockhead”).

noun goffs

  1. obsolete A fool; a clown. He calls the bishop Grey-beard Goff, And makes his power a mere scoff.

goff³

Rhymes with -ɒf

noun goffs

  1. Synonym of bump (“sudden movement of underground strata”).

    Similar: bump

Goff⁴

Where it comes from

* As a Welsh surname, related to Gough.

* As an English surname of Cornish and Breton origin, from gov (“smith”).

* As an Irish surname, reduced from McGoff, from McGough.

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A minor city in Nemaha County, Kansas, United States.

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"goff." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/goff. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

goff. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/goff

Chicago

"goff." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/goff.

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@misc{goff_2026,
  title = {goff},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/goff},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}