boff

noun

ˈbäf How to pronounce boff (audio)
variants or boffo
Definition of boffnext
1
as in giggle
an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement an old joke dating from the days of vaudeville that's still good for a boff

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2
as in joke
something said or done to cause laughter the emcee told some good boffs that kept the ceremony from becoming too serious

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Recent Examples of boff Serena and Nate boff at a wedding reception on Gossip Girl Two high-school students bump uglies on the bar of Michael Jordan's Steakhouse with a reception happening about two feet away. — Laura Beck, Cosmopolitan, 25 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boff
  1. giggle
  2. joke
  3. laugh
  4. snicker
  5. sally
  6. jape
  7. wisecrack
  8. yak
Noun
  • But according to Scott poking fun at ourselves can accomplish much more than a few giggles.
    — Outside Online, Outside Online, 19 Mar. 2025
  • But giggles gave way to nerves when Parasite lost the next two awards for which it was nominated, best production design and film editing.
    — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2025
Definition of giggle
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Corden, as the event’s emcee, made some uncomfortable jokes about the Dow dropping 2200 points last Friday.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2025
  • These jokes referenced economic news of the past week.
    — John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Apr. 2025
Definition of joke
Noun
  • In a bit role, Morgan McGhee delivers big laughs with her loopy take as a newscaster.
    — Frank Rizzo, Variety, 8 Apr. 2025
  • The Good, The Bad & The Rugby podcast co-host was spotted sharing a laugh with his daughter Mia and his niece Savannah Phillips on Christmas at Sandringham in December 2024, joining the royals for church on the holiday.
    — Janine Henni, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Definition of laugh
Noun
  • League sources stifle their snickers in public while privately marveling at the owner’s ceaseless stupidity. 3.
    — Jeff Howe, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
  • So he must be placed in the Apparition section, next to ghosts like John Barron, sharing a snicker with Ivana.
    — Greg Marotta, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of snicker
Noun
  • The most comprehensive sally, of course, is the administration’s drastic and abrupt cut in funding by the National Institutes of Health.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Most recently, the Kremlin has settled on a strategy that involves legal sallies against international digital companies—including Apple, Facebook, Google, and Twitter.
    — Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2015
Definition of sally
Noun
  • What follows is a Die Hard–style jape that, spoiler, ends in the entire Lonely Island being shot and killed.
    — Marianne Eloise, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The curators know who the target audience is: people who still get a kick out of decades-old barf japes.
    — Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Sep. 2024
Definition of jape
Noun
  • And outside of fighting, your companions are always ready to offer some welcome contextual wisecracks or pithy advice in all manner of situations.
    — Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Grace provides plenty of comic relief as the jittery prisoner who manages to make snarky wisecracks even while on the verge of dying.
    — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2025
Definition of wisecrack
Noun
  • Based on previous research, archeologists know that Mongolians in this period were nomadic pastoralists, rotating herds of ruminants like sheep, goats, and yaks between pastures.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 25 June 2024
  • The three-year-old female yak was initially misidentified as a bison, a follow-up Facebook post stated.
    — Graeme Taskerud, The Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of yak

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“Boff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boff. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.

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