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toffee¹

  • /ˈtɒfi/ UK
  • /ˈtɔfɪj/ British, Southern, Standard
  • /ˈtɔfi/
  • /ˈtɑfi/
  • /ˈtɑfi/ cot caught merger
  • /ˈtɔfi/ Australia
  • /ˈtɒfi/ New Zealand
  • [ˈtɔ̟fi] ~ [ˈtɞ̠fi] New Zealand
  • /ˈtɔfe/ Scotland
  • /-fɪ/ Scotland
  • /-fi/ Scotland

Rhymes with -ɒfi

Where it comes from

An alteration of taffy.

noun toffees · taffy · toffy

  1. uncountable A type of chewy confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard.
  2. countable A small, individual piece of toffee. The tin is 6½ in. high and 4 in. in diameter, and has a domed snap-on lid with knob; it will hold 1 lb. of toffees.
  3. Northern England, countable, uncountable Any kind of sweets; candy.
  4. UK, slang, uncountable Nonsense; rubbish. What a load of old toffee!

verb toffees · toffeeing · toffeed · taffy · toffy

  1. transitive To coat in toffee. The plant will close and three-quarters of Britain's apple toffeeing capacity will lie idle.

Toffee²

Where it comes from

In reference to two toffee shops that were located in Everton village at the time the club was founded.

noun Toffees

  1. UK, informal A fan or member of Everton F.C..

    Similar: Toffeeman

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noun uncountable: type of confectionery

Españolcaramelo
日本語タフィー tafī, ファッジ fajji
中文奶糖 nǎi táng, 乳脂軟糖 /乳脂软糖 rǔzhī ruǎntáng
हिन्दीटॉफ़ी ṭŏfī, टॉफी ṭŏphī
Portuguêscaramelo
Françaiscaramel
DeutschToffee, Karamelle
Italianocaramella mou
Românăcaramelă
Русскийири́с irís
Tiếng Việtkẹo bơ cứng

noun countable: individual piece of toffee

हिन्दीटॉफ़ी ṭŏfī, टॉफी ṭŏphī
Françaiscaramel
Русскийири́ска iríska

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@misc{toffee_2026,
  title = {toffee},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/toffee},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}