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goff

The English word “goff” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A fool; a clown.
  2. Synonym of bump (“sudden movement of underground strata”).

Etymology

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

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