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or boffo
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.
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Laura Beck, Cosmopolitan, 25 July 2017
Laura Beck, Cosmopolitan, 25 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boff
Noun
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People really get a good giggle out of it, so that’s good.—
Todd Gilchrist,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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Both scholars judged the Bible a fraud and hatched a plan to disprove it-just for giggles.—
Dan Miller,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
Noun
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His angle: joke about the very specific and very absurd elements of cycling, snowboarding, and getting outdoors.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside Online,
17 Feb. 2025
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While the bit was planned, some questioned whether she had been let in on the joke.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
17 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Will Ferrell's physical comedy still gets all the laughs on Saturday Night Live.—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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But at least Kristen Wiig provided reliable laughs as weirdo singing sister Dooneese.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
17 Feb. 2025
Noun
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League sources stifle their snickers in public while privately marveling at the owner’s ceaseless stupidity. 3.—
Jeff Howe,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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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
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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Sometimes, his wisecracks and confessional asides come as a direct address.—
Lisa Kennedy,
The Denver Post,
7 Feb. 2025
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True, crowds were noisier and more raucous in audible expressions of engagement — hissing, cheering, applauding, with an occasional wisecrack shouted out — but the responses were collective and inspired by the story on screen.—
Thomas Doherty,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Cauldrons of Bronze Age nomads reveals 2700 year old yak milk and the deep antiquity of food preparation techniques Sapiens.org.—
Joshua Rapp Learn,
Discover Magazine,
25 June 2024
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The region is also filled with aquamarine alpine lakes, otherworldly desert terrain and verdant valleys where semi-nomadic families continue to graze their yaks.—
Sandra MacGregor,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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“Boff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boff. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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