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raff

Pronunciation: /ɹæf/

The English word “raff” has 6 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A disorderly heap; a jumble; a large quantity
  2. lumber or refuse.
  3. The common rabble or mob; riffraff.
  4. A common, crass or low-standing person. Alternatively, a snob.
  5. A three-cornered sail set on a schooner when before the wind.

verb

  1. To sweep, blow, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to sweep up.

Etymology

From Middle English raf, from Old French raffer, of Germanic origin; compare German raffen, akin to rap (“to snatch”). Compare riffraff, rip (“to tear”).

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