Definitions for gaffer

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gaffer gaf·fer

Spelling: [gaf-er]

IPA: /ˈgæf ər/

Gaffer is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 70 anagrams from letters in gaffer (aeffgr).

Definitions for gaffer

noun

1. the chief electrician on a motion-picture or television production.
2. Informal. an old man.
3. British. a foreman or overseer, especially the boss of a group of physical laborers.
4. Glassmaking. a master glassblower responsible for shaping glassware.

Origin of gaffer

First recorded in 1565-75; contraction of godfather

Examples for gaffer

Now tell me, gaffer, can one see as far as America, do you think?

D'ye know what the diggins the Squire did it for, gaffer Solomons?

gaffer Jones was not there, nor was Mrs. Tilbury, nor any of her family.

D' ye know what the diggins the squire did it for, gaffer Solomons?

What did “she” mean by talking of “gaffer,” in that strange way?

There were deeper currents than any he had seen at gaffer Quelch's school.

My gaffer, Ole, had done me the honour in the forenoon of losing an 18-lb.

"If your cask is leer, I warrant your purse is full, gaffer," shouted Hordle John.

There are a lot of them coming; but gaffer Jones cant, nor can old Tilbury.

That's the only thing you seem to have brought with you from gaffer Quelch's.