The Collaborative International Dictionary
Daff \Daff\ (d[.a]f), v. t. [Cf. Doff.] To cast aside; to put off; to doff. [Obs.]
Canst thou so daff me? Thou hast killed my child.
--Shak.
Daff \Daff\, n. [See Daft.]
A stupid, blockish fellow; a numskull. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
Daff \Daff\ (d[.a]f), v. i.
To act foolishly; to be foolish or sportive; to toy. [Scot.]
--Jamieson.
Daff \Daff\, v. t.
To daunt. [Prov. Eng.]
--Grose.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. A fool; an idiot; a blockhead. Etymology 2
vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To be foolish; make sport; play; toy. 2 (context UK dialect English) To daunt. Etymology 3
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To toss (aside); to dismiss. 2 (context transitive English) To turn (someone) aside; divert. Etymology 4
n. (context British informal English) Short form of daffodil.
Wikipedia
DAFF may refer to:
- Danish American Football Federation
- Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (disambiguation)
- Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (South Africa)
Usage examples of "daff".
Ben stood absolutely still, coat hanging open, briefcase dangling from one hand, the daffs from the other, until she crossed the floor to him, arms extended.
The heat of late spring had already shriveled natural daffs, but here the yellow King Alfreds and orange-and-tan Saharan Lords stood tall and proud, maintained by their own versions of nanodocs, programmed by the groundskeeper.
Horsham General arranging her dozen early daffs and gently probing, so she told me that evening, on the subject of his future, and mine.
I imagine Hilda did her best to sound bracing, whilst putting the daffs firmly in their place.
I never had much daffing or nonsense about me, and did not like any of it in other folk, but I had lots of sweethearts.
Ben stood absolutely still, coat hanging open, briefcase dangling from one hand, the daffs from the other, until she crossed the floor to him, arms extended.
I imagine Hilda did her best to sound bracing, whilst putting the daffs firmly in their place.
And as it struck him that they daffed the world aside and lived more lightheartedly than any others that he knew, as indeed they did, he enquired of not a few folk as to their rank.
Daff and Dixie and the other big Shire horses were calm in their stables, and Merlin and Minerva, our two surviving cats, were huddling up on one of the high ledges where the warmer air collected.