Definitions for gaffes

gaffes gaffe

Spelling: [gaf]
IPA: /gæf/

Gaffes is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 50 anagrams from letters in gaffes (aeffgs).

Definitions for gaffes

noun

  1. a social blunder; faux pas.

Origin of gaffes

1905-10; French: blunder, probably special use of gaffe gaff1

Examples for gaffes

Think what his position would have been if any member of his Embassy had made a "gaffe."

From gaffe prone state legislators to politically astute Capitol Hill power players, here are 10 of them.

Clearly, Menzel isn't wasting time complaining about Travolta's gaffe.

She has been so charming to me that if I make a gaffe she must forgive me.

And you know what they say in politics: A gaffe is when you accidentally tell the truth.

It's not an insult to farmers (though could be construed as one to Grassley); it's just a gaffe.

Christopher Dickey joins CNN International to discuss Biden's Erdogan gaffe and how it will affect Turkey's role in fighting ISIS.

Will Biden get through the night without a gaffe, and still land a couple punches on Ryan?

The moment seems to be a familiar breed of Internet gaffe when a eager but inept social media staffer makes a blunder.

“I may not have been the clearest in my statements, obviously,” she said of her “busy” gaffe.

Word Value for gaffes
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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