goff

noun — 2 senses

noun

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

Obsolete A fool; a clown.

He calls the bishop Grey-beard Goff, And makes his power a mere scoff.1678, “The Geneva Ballad”:

noun

Business, Mining Synonym of bump (“sudden movement of underground strata”).

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