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Meaning of "blaff" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BLAFF

blaff  [blæf] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLAFF

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Blaff is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BLAFF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of blaff in the English dictionary

The definition of blaff in the dictionary is a West Indian stew.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BLAFF


flaff
flæf
pilaf
ˈpɪlæf
pilaff
ˈpɪlæf
sclaff
sklæf
tragelaph
ˈtræɡɪˌlæf

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BLAFF

bladelike
blader
bladework
blading
blady grass
blae
blaeberries
blaeberry
Blaenau Gwent
blaes
blag
blagged
blagger
blagging
Blagoveshchensk
blague
blagueur
blah
blah blah
blain

WORDS THAT END LIKE BLAFF

aff
baff
caff
chaff
Chief of Staff
daff
faff
flagstaff
gaff
hotel staff
level staff
member of staff
naff
quaff
quarterstaff
raff
scaff
staff
teaching staff
waff

Synonyms and antonyms of blaff in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «blaff» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BLAFF

Find out the translation of blaff to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of blaff from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «blaff» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

blaff
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

blaff
570 millions of speakers

English

blaff
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

blaff
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

blaff
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

blaff
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

blaff
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

blaff
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

blaff
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Blaf
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Blaff
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

blaff
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

blaff
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Blumbang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

blaff
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

blaff
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ब्लाफ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

blaff
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

blaff
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

blaff
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

blaff
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

blaff
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

blaff
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

blaff
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

blaff
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

blaff
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of blaff

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BLAFF»

The term «blaff» is normally little used and occupies the 127.740 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of blaff
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «blaff».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BLAFF» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «blaff» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «blaff» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about blaff

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLAFF»

Discover the use of blaff in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to blaff and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Depictions of Blaff
Fictional literary texts concerning the economist Blaff.
Christopher Middleton, 2010
2
Sky Juice and Flying Fish: Tastes Of A Continent
If there is such a thing as having a favorite name of a dish, blaff would win the prize hands down. The name is simply an onomatopoeia for the sound that the fish makes when it is plopped into the cooking liquid ... blaff! This classic dish is a  ...
Jessica B. Harris, 2010
3
Islands Magazine
MARTINIQUE The Secret of Blaff her opinion. Was it genuine? She read it as seriously as if she were witnessing my application for citizenship. “Oh, but this is not exactly right," she said. The author had failed to stipulate that the fish must be red ...
4
Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia
In recent generations pasta such as macaroni cooked in a cheese sauce and then cut into squares formed another common accompaniment to main dishes. Blaff de Poisson Blancs (Fish Blaff) Blaff de poisson blancs, a dish common to both ...
Ken Albala, 2011
5
Caribbean Cooking
To Caribbean ears, "blaff" is the sound a fish makes when it's slipped into this poaching liquid. Try the recipe at home — perhaps you'll hear it too! 5 cups water 3/4 cup lime juice 1-1/2 pounds fresh fish (snapper, marlin, swordfish) 1 medium  ...
John DeMers, 1997
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Some Like It Hot: Spicy Favorites From The World's Hot Zones
Blaff. This famous dish from Martinique is said to get its name from the sound the fish make when they hit the boiling water. The preparation is known in Jamaica, too, where it is called escovitch. In the Caribbean, a cook would use local small ...
Clifford A. Wright, 2005
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Food Culture in the Caribbean
Poaching Blaff is a special poaching technique for fish brought to the Caribbean by the Dutch but found also in the French Caribbean. In Martinique and Guadeloupe, the dish blaff, named after this technique, is often cooked on the beach with ...
Lynn Marie Houston, 2005
8
French for Cruisers: The Boater's Complete Language Guide ...
... sauce koh-lohfl-boh Colombo le Vegetable soup made with elephant ear shaped leaves named calalou, bacon and crabmeat kah-lah-loo calalou le blaff blaff Method of boiling fish or shellfish in a spiced "court bouillon " bah-lah-oo balaou ...
Kathy Parsons, 2004
9
Cruise Vacations For Dummies 2005
This is a good venue to sample two staples of Creole cuisine: crabes farcis, a combination of land crabs and bread crumbs, highly seasoned and baked in the shell, and blaff, a tasty broth made of fish poached in wine and spiced with lime, ...
Fran Wenograd Golden, Jerry Brown, 2004
10
The royal dictionary abridged in two parts: I. French and ...
BiáTphemous, A. Blafphe- latoire, flein de blaff hemes, nfie- Bláfphemoufly, Adv. Avec es blaff kernet, avec impiété. Bláfpnemy, S. Blaffkeme. Bhg, S. (or Puff,) Boufée. 05* A Blait, (in Com or 'reesj Nielle, brouine, ou roule- Blaft-ôintment, ...
Abel Boyer, 1728

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLAFF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term blaff is used in the context of the following news items.
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Terningkast 4: Ingerlise stripper popen ned
Som i bittersøte «You Are Love», et vemodig og vakkert tilbakeblikk på et blaff av kjærlighet. Glødende «The Birds Would Cry» er bare ... «Bergensavisen, Apr 15»
2
De mener menneskeskapt global oppvarming er vrøvl og at …
ISBJØRN. Den svenske klimafornekteren Fred Goldberg, som blant annet har holdt foredrag for Frp, mener global oppvarming bare er et blaff. «Dagens Næringsliv, Jan 15»
3
Christopher Nolans Interstellar, plan C: Kjærlighetens tyngdelov
Vi får også et blaff av (godt skjult) svart humor, når Dr. Mann, en endeløs kilde av høytidelige taler, møter sitt endelikt midt i en av sine mest ... «Montages, Jan 15»
4
Beyond Cracked Crab: Seven Dungeness Crab Dishes to Try in the …
But one of the best things about crab season has to be Kirnon's fish blaff ($16.50), a recurring “Fish Fridays” lunch special that consists of ... «East Bay Express, Nov 14»
5
The Beauty of Christopher Middleton's Prose
... (1969) and Depictions of Blaff (2010), a span of forty-one years, a period during which the prose poem became an increasingly popular form. «Hyperallergic, Oct 14»
6
Et usedvanlig velmodnet og helstøpt debutalbum
Et blaff da, vil kanskje noen tenke? Så langt derifra. «Like I'm a Warrior» er et usedvanlig modnet og helstøpt debutalbum som balanserer kunst ... «Dagbladet.no, Sep 14»
7
Writer Mark Kurlansky Cooks Around The World With His Daughter …
MK: “And one of my all-time favorite dishes, we did [it] in French Guiana night, is called blaff d'oursins. It's sea urchins that are poached in a ... «WBUR, Aug 14»
8
Newcomb Art Gallery opens exhibit of Old Masters on Thursday
Most of the works are on loan from the Sarah Campbell Blaff Collection of Houston, with several from the New Orleans Museum of Art. «UptownMessenger.com, Mar 14»
9
Dorchester youngsters turn music into vital charity funds
Oliver Bailey and Max Blaff-Laker, both 13, raised almost £400 for the Weldmar Hospicecare Trust in a seven-day music marathon on the ... «Dorset Echo, Aug 12»
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Gjør comeback
Dette er ikke noe blaff. Jeg ønsker å bidra. Jeg ønsker å spille godt. Jeg ønsker å spille fotball. Kan jeg være en liten inspirasjon for de andre på ... «Avisa Nordland, Mar 12»

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