单词 | gaff |
释义 | gaff 1. n. & v. --n   1. a a stick with an iron hook for landing large fish. b a barbed fishing-spear.   2. a spar to which the head of a fore-and-aft sail is bent. --vtr. seize (a fish) with a gaff. Etymology: ME f. Prov. gaf hook 2. n. Brit. sl. Phrases and idioms blow the gaff let out a plot or secret. Etymology: 19th c., = nonsense: orig. unkn. |
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