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GOFFER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An ornamental frill made by pressing pleats
Synonyms:
gauffer; goffer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("goffer" is a kind of...):
flounce; frill; furbelow; ruffle (a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An iron used to press pleats and ridges
Synonyms:
gauffer; gauffering iron; goffer; goffering iron
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("goffer" is a kind of...):
iron; smoothing iron (home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A zealously energetic person (especially a salesman)
Synonyms:
goffer; gopher
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("goffer" is a kind of...):
busy bee; eager beaver; live wire; sharpie; sharpy (an alert and energetic person)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they goffer ... he / she / it goffers
Past simple: goffered
Past participle: goffered
-ing form: goffering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make wavy with a heated goffering iron
Example:
goffer the trim of the dress
Synonyms:
gauffer; goffer
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "goffer" is one way to...):
wave (set waves in)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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