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guff

[guhff] / gʌff /


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He was lousy again Saturday with five baskets and five turnovers and a bunch of guff for the officials.

From Los Angeles Times May 10, 2026

And local officers still take some guff during tense encounters between ICE officers and protesters.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 29, 2026

At the beginning of the film, she is obedient and obliging and corseted; by the end, she is in a much smaller skirt and taking no guff.

From New York Times Mar. 7, 2024

It is tempting to dismiss this kind of label as typically meaningless Westminster guff.

From BBC Oct. 10, 2023

Jack didn’t take guff off anybody on his school bus, even big overgrown football players.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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