gaffe

gaffe

a social blunder; faux pas: His sudden outburst of anger was an unfortunate gaffe.

Not to be confused with:

gaff – a metal hook fastened to a pole; to cheat; fleece; harsh treatment or criticism: All the gaff he had to take made him even more reclusive.

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gaffe

 (găf)

n.

1. A clumsy social error; a faux pas: "The excursion had in his eyes been a monstrous gaffe, a breach of sensibility and good taste" (Mary McCarthy).

2. A blatant mistake or misjudgment.

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[French, from Old French, hook; see gaff¹.]

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gaffe

(ɡæf)

n

a social blunder, esp a tactless remark

[C19: from French]

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gaffe

(gæf)

n.

a social blunder; faux pas.

[1905–10; < French: blunder, probably figurative use of gaffe gaff¹]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

gaffe - a socially awkward or tactless act   faux pas, slip, solecism, gaucherie blooper, blunder, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, pratfall, bloomer - an embarrassing mistake

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gaffe

noun blunder, mistake, error, indiscretion, lapse, boob (Brit. slang), slip-up (informal), slip, howler, bloomer (informal), clanger (informal), faux pas, boo-boo (informal), solecism, gaucherie He made an embarrassing gaffe at the convention last weekend.

Quotations
"A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth" [Michael Kinsley]

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Translations

خَطَأ فاضِح

гафгрешка

botachybašlápnutí vedle

bommertbrøler

taktlose Bemerkung

γκάφα

möhläysmokamunaus

gaffebévue

háttleysa, klaufaskapur

gaffe

išsišokimasneapdairumas

kļūmenepiedienīga izturēšanās

blunder

brølerfadese

gafe

çam devirmegaf

出错失言

gaffe

[gæf] N → plancha f (Sp), metedura f or (LAm) metida f de pata
to make a gaffe → meter la pata, tirarse una plancha (Sp)

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gaffe

[ˈgæf] n

(= mistake) → impair m
to commit a gaffe → commettre un impair
to make a gaffe → commettre un impair

to blow the gaffe (British) → vendre la mèche

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gaffe

n → Fauxpas m; (verbal) → taktlose Bemerkung; to make a gaffe → einen Fauxpas begehen; (by saying sth) → ins Fettnäpfchen treten (inf)

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gaffe

[gæf] n → gaffe f inv

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

gaffe

(gӕf) noun

something which ought not to have been said, done etc, a blunder. blaps خَطَأ فاضِح гаф gafe chyba, bota, šlápnutí vedle taktlose Bemerkung brøler; bommert γκάφαmetedura de pata, patinazo, plancha prohmakas اشتباه لپی möläytys gaffe מַעֲשֶׂה שֶׁאֵינוֹ בִּמקוֹמוֹ सामाजिक त्रुटी gaf, kiks baklövés kesalahan háttleysa, klaufaskapur gaffe へま 결례 neapdairumas, išsišokimas kļūme; nepiedienīga izturēšanās kesilapan yang bodoh blunderfadese, bommert gafa خطا gafe gafă оплошность chyba, hlúposť, omyl napaka gaf tabbe, blunder การประพฤติผิดมารยาทสังคม gaf, çam devirme 失言，出錯 необачність نازیبا حرکت câu nói hớ 失言，出错

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