gaffle
/G AE1 F AH0 L/verb
- 1
To grab or seize
- 2
To steal
- 3
To swindle or bully (someone)
- 4
To arrest for criminal activity.
- 5
To get hold of, to find.
- 6
To talk without a purpose, usually about inane or pointless topics; to babble.
- 7
To equip with a gaffle or similar weapon.
- 8
to include a gaffle in an orienteering race.
noun
- 1
A steel spur attached to a gamecock (sometimes used figuratively).
- 2
(historical, weaponry) A portable fork of iron or wood in which the heavy musket formerly in use was rested that it might be accurately aimed and fired.
- 3
(obsolete) A lever used to bend a crossbow.
- 4
a fork in an orienteering race.
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