Definitions for ELF

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ELF elf

Spelling: [elf]

IPA: /ɛlf/

Elf is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 14 anagrams from letters in ELF (efl).

Definitions for ELF

noun

1. (in folklore) one of a class of preternatural beings, especially from mountainous regions, with magical powers, given to capricious and often mischievous interference in human affairs, and usually imagined to be a diminutive being in human form; sprite; fairy.
2. a diminutive person, especially a child.
3. a mischievous person, especially a child.

Origin of ELF

before 1000; Middle English, back formation from elven, Old English elfen nymph (i.e., female elf), variant of ælfen; see elfin

Examples for ELF

The friends were even given military call names - elf, Bay and Airplane.

So the elf gave a downward squint at the closed cage-door, just for a hint.

He had customized his new gun by etching in the words “better off this way” and “my elf weapon.”

I knew right then: elf is the ultimate light-hearted Christmas movie.

But something else comes creeping in,As softly, from the starry night— The elf!

Arulai (Star) and Preena (the elf), the two who were with me, were full of expectation.

"Oh, I suppose the salt has melted," was the elf's comment upon this.

Elvis (n.): A Christmas elf, as misinterpreted by Alana, who in one episode mistakes, “Elvis helps Santa Claus make toys.”

elf is pegged as a Christmas movie, but it hardly feels religious.

Beyond all other of the little green folk was the elf knight feared.