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boff

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boff 1  (bf)
n. Slang
1. A line in a play or film, for example, that elicits a big laugh: "He doesn't go for the big boffs, artificially inflated, but lets his comedy build through a leisurely accumulation of bizarre details" (Vincent Canby).
2. A big laugh.
3. A conspicuous success. Also called boffo, boffola.

[Probably from b(ox) off(ice).]

boff 2  (bf) Vulgar Slang
v. boffed, boff·ing, boffs
v.tr.
To have sexual intercourse with.
v.intr.
To engage in sexual intercourse.

[From boff, to hit, variant of buff, from Middle English buffe, a blow, from Old French, of imitative origin.]

boff [bɒf]
n
Informal short for boffin


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