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GOFFER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An ornamental frill made by pressing pleats

Synonyms:

gauffer; goffer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("goffer" is a kind of...):

flounce; frill; furbelow; ruffle (a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An iron used to press pleats and ridges

Synonyms:

gauffer; gauffering iron; goffer; goffering iron

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("goffer" is a kind of...):

iron; smoothing iron (home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A zealously energetic person (especially a salesman)

Synonyms:

goffer; gopher

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("goffer" is a kind of...):

busy bee; eager beaver; live wire; sharpie; sharpy (an alert and energetic person)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make wavy with a heated goffering iron

Example:

goffer the trim of the dress

Synonyms:

gauffer; goffer

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "goffer" is one way to...):

wave (set waves in)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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