raff

See also: Raff

English

Etymology

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

Noun

raff (countable and uncountable, plural raffs)

  1. A promiscuous heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse.
    • Barrow
      A raff of errors.
  2. The common rabble or mob; riffraff.
  3. A low fellow; a churl.

Derived terms

  • raff merchant

Verb

raff (third-person singular simple present raffs, present participle raffing, simple past and past participle raffed)

  1. To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep.
    • Carew
      Causes and effects which I thus raff up together.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for raff in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

German

Verb

raff

  1. Imperative singular of raffen.
  2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of raffen.

Welsh

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raːf/

Noun

raff

  1. Soft mutation of rhaff.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
rhaff raff unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raf/

Noun

raff

  1. Soft mutation of graff.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
graff raff ngraff unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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