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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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As one classroom of soldiers pulled the goggles off their eyes to discuss, the occasional giggle broke out.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA TODAY,
25 Jan. 2025
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Tove rewarded him with the unfettered giggles and missing-teeth grins only young kids can deliver.—
Naomi Tomky,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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For years this has been the joke among students and faculty at campuses everywhere.—
Beth Anderson,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
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Though their conversation was inaudible over the sounds in the gymnasium, Abdul-Jabbar seemed to make a joke about Johnson wearing Michigan State gear — looking down at his own letterman jacket and back up at Johnson’s green hoodie.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
6 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Kelsea Ballerini and Noah Kahan had a laugh before the 2025 Grammy Awards.—
Ilana Kaplan,
People.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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Expect surprises, laughs and celebrity cameos on the airwaves all night, with the 2025 Ad Meter winner announced on Monday morning.—
Jim Reineking,
USA TODAY,
3 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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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
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He was born into a rich family, and his father, the outer-borough real-estate developer Fred Trump, financed his early sallies into Manhattan real estate.—
John Cassidy,
The New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2024
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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Few contemporary action stars can deliver his brand of ruthless destruction and savage wisecracks.—
Robert Daniels,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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Eager to prove herself after a traumatic incident with a former witness, Madolyn vows to execute her responsibilities by the book, regardless of Winston’s nonstop stream of disruptive wisecracks.—
Todd Gilchrist,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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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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Last month, 70 animals were transferred from the Moscow Zoo to the Central Zoo in Pyongyang, including an African lion, two bears, two yaks, 25 pheasants, 40 mandarin ducks and five cockatoos.—
Joseph Epstein,
Newsweek,
10 Dec. 2024
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“Boff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boff. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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