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gaffe also gaff  (gf)

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

Noun

something said or done that is socially upsetting or incorrect [French]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

gaffe - a socially awkward or tactless act   faux pas, slip, solecism, gaucherie blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, 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, barry or Barry Crocker Austral. (slang)

Translations

gaffe [gæf] n → plancha, patinazo, metedura de pata

gaffe [gæf] n → gaffe f

gaffe [gæf] n → Fauxpas m

gaffe [gæf] n → gaffe f inv

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gaffe

n gaffe [gӕf]

something which ought not to have been said, done etc, a blunder. blaps خَطَأ فاضِح гаф chyba, bota, šlápnutí vedle brøler; bommert taktlose Bemerkung γκάφα metedura de pata, patinazo, plancha prohmakas اشتباه لپی möhläys gaffe מַעֲשֶׂה שֶׁאֵינוֹ בִּמקוֹמוֹ सामाजिक त्रुटी gaf, kiks baklövés kesalahan háttleysa, klaufaskapur gaffe へま 실수 neapdairumas, išsišokimas kļūme; nepiedienīga izturēšanās kesilapan yang bodoh blunder fadese, bommert gafa 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