guff

noun

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2
: verbal abuse
doesn't take any guff

Examples of guff in a Sentence

His latest book has a lot of guff about conspiracies of one kind or another. His friends have given him a lot of guff about his hair. She doesn't take guff from anybody.
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Roberts said a Padres fan wearing a Fernando Tatis Jr. jersey seated near L.A’s on-deck circle gave Ohtani a lot of guff, reminding the slugger of his struggles against the Padres in the series. Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025 But she's also just wrapped filming another movie for Netflix that will find her buff and taking no guff. Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 3 July 2025 What sets even Milosz’s early poems of exile and displacement apart is his talent for burying an appalled stringency beneath sentimental guff. William Logan, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025 But Pagano also wouldn’t put up with any guff. Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 22 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for guff

Word History

Etymology

probably imitative

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of guff was in 1880

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“Guff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guff. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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