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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FAFF

Of obscure origin.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FAFF

faff  [fæf] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FAFF

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Faff is a verb and can also act as 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.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb faff in English.

WHAT DOES FAFF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of faff in the English dictionary

The definition of faff in the dictionary is often foll by about to dither or fuss. Other definition of faff is a thing that is awkward or time-consuming to do.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FAFF

PRESENT

Present
I faff
you faff
he/she/it faffs
we faff
you faff
they faff
Present continuous
I am faffing
you are faffing
he/she/it is faffing
we are faffing
you are faffing
they are faffing
Present perfect
I have faffed
you have faffed
he/she/it has faffed
we have faffed
you have faffed
they have faffed
Present perfect continuous
I have been faffing
you have been faffing
he/she/it has been faffing
we have been faffing
you have been faffing
they have been faffing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I faffed
you faffed
he/she/it faffed
we faffed
you faffed
they faffed
Past continuous
I was faffing
you were faffing
he/she/it was faffing
we were faffing
you were faffing
they were faffing
Past perfect
I had faffed
you had faffed
he/she/it had faffed
we had faffed
you had faffed
they had faffed
Past perfect continuous
I had been faffing
you had been faffing
he/she/it had been faffing
we had been faffing
you had been faffing
they had been faffing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will faff
you will faff
he/she/it will faff
we will faff
you will faff
they will faff
Future continuous
I will be faffing
you will be faffing
he/she/it will be faffing
we will be faffing
you will be faffing
they will be faffing
Future perfect
I will have faffed
you will have faffed
he/she/it will have faffed
we will have faffed
you will have faffed
they will have faffed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been faffing
you will have been faffing
he/she/it will have been faffing
we will have been faffing
you will have been faffing
they will have been faffing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would faff
you would faff
he/she/it would faff
we would faff
you would faff
they would faff
Conditional continuous
I would be faffing
you would be faffing
he/she/it would be faffing
we would be faffing
you would be faffing
they would be faffing
Conditional perfect
I would have faff
you would have faff
he/she/it would have faff
we would have faff
you would have faff
they would have faff
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been faffing
you would have been faffing
he/she/it would have been faffing
we would have been faffing
you would have been faffing
they would have been faffing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you faff
we let´s faff
you faff
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to faff
Past participle
faffed
Present Participle
faffing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FAFF

faeces
faena
Faenza
faerie
faeries
Faeroe Islands
Faeroes
Faeroese
faery
Faesulae
faffy
Fafnir
fag
fag end
fag hag
fagaceous
fagged
fagged out
faggery
fagging

WORDS THAT END LIKE FAFF

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

Synonyms and antonyms of faff in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «faff» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FAFF

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

Translator English - Chinese

faff
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

faff
570 millions of speakers

English

faff
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

faff
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

faff
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Faff
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

faff
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

faff
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

faff
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Faf
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

faff
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

うろたえ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

faff
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Faf
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

faff
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

faff
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फेफ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

faff
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

faff
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

faff
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Faff
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

faff
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

faff
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

faff
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

faff
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

faff
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of faff

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FAFF»

The term «faff» is quite widely used and occupies the 45.823 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FAFF» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «faff» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «faff» 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 faff

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FAFF»

Discover the use of faff in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to faff and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Monthly Army List
H. late R. Art. 200ct.81 J-mndlev, J. E. faff SOApr.84 Thompson, J. late 50 F. , UAug.S0 TierMy, E. late R. (Ben.) Art. UDcc.80 IMaySO Tumor, E. P. B. late R. Art. 7Se"pt.Sl Turtxm, K. 8. late 2 W. I. R. 2Feb.83 Vacher, F. S. late Regtl. Dist.
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Pearson State Bank Of India Clerical Recruitment Exam (Hindi)
^fe W f cT«TT B 37^TT 23 faff 3 ^FPf ^ ^FTcTT fl A 3 %cF> faff MJMId ^teT? W6 ( Tsf)8 (t) 9 W 12 C?)15 4. A, B # W*1 ^ t «fc *W ^FFf ^ 14 fMf 3 TJJI Wn (73)21 (*T) 28 W 42 Of) 50 5. A 3fa B T?3> *FI*f ^ 72 faff 3 TJ! ^FTtf tl B alto C ^ 120 faff 3 ...
Thorpe, Thorpe Edgar, 2009
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A Dictionary in Sanskrit and English Translated Amended and ...
A painter. * A tree, (Dalbergia ougeiniensis.) n. (-tl) Painting, or a painting. * Magic. E. faff surprising, and qrtlt function. tffJtajPBjfalC m. (-fff^) 1 A painter. * A magician, e. fawfl. and who knows. m. (-V') ' A tiger. ' A Chita, e. faff speckled, and ayni ...
Horace Hayman Wilson, 1832
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The laws of chance: or, A mathematical investigation of the ...
(p) first, sq J next, &c. and by Problem III. we have I, 2, 3, faff, (q) into I, 2, 3, faff, (r) into 1,2,3, ^' (1 ) fa's. S X S— I X S-T2 X gZT3 X £^4, faff. (S— /) for the probability of their being thrown in that order, consequently S X S— .1 X SuTa X S^3 X s-!
Samuel Clark, 1758
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An introduction to algebra
2n — \—St And 2»-,- I + 2S— 3 + 2» — S+2» — 7 + 2» — 9, faff. .... 1=5. Therefore 2» + 2* + 2« + 2tf + 2», faff 2»=25. .An/, consequently, 2nX»—2S; orS— — — - zz n1zz . & required. 3. Required the sum (5) of n terms of the series a+a + d+a + ...
John Bonnycastle, 1782
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The Origin of Laws, Arts, and Sciences, and Their Progress ...
Megafthenes, apad Enfebii prxp. evangel. & Jofephum. Mémoires de l'académie de Berlin, in 4°. Berlin, 1745, &V, «iff. fcff. Mémoires de l'académie des fciences, in 4°, Paris, 1732, fcfr. ffc. faff. Mémoires (anciens) de l'académie des fciences, ...
Antoine-Yves Goguet, Alexandre Conrad Fugère, 1761
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Biographia Britannica: Or the Lives of the Most Eminent ...
Eutropii Dreviarium Historic Roman*, faff. Oxford, 1703, in 8vo. IV. Doctor Hi- storieus : A shirt System of, or an Introduction to, the Studs of Universal History, 2 vols 8vo. They did not come out together ; a second edition of the first was published ...
8
Australian National Bibliography: 1992
33) Faff, Robert W. (Robert William), I959-. A multivariate test of the mean-lower partial moment asset pricing model : Australian equity returns 1958 to 1987 / by Robert W. Faff. — [Clayton, Vic] : Dept. of Accounting and Finance, 1990. — 33 p.
National Library of Australia, 1974
9
A New Law Dictionary Containing the Interpretation and ...
could not be Nits aster, without some special Act done by her, as by Divorce, Confession in Court, faff. And a free Woman taking a Villein to her Husband, was not thereby Bond; but their Issue were Villeins as their Father was; though this is  ...
Giles Jacob, 1750
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Models of Mechanics
fiA = −fAff(dA)nA(u), (9.2) where φt(4) − φ0 (A) φ0(4)−φ0(A)+u nA (u)= |φt(4)−φ0( A)| = |φ0(4)−φ0(A) + u| is the unit vector directed from the position of the point X = A tothepoint X =4, and fAff(dA) is a scalar valued function of the distance dA ...
Anders Klarbring, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FAFF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term faff is used in the context of the following news items.
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How not to be a summer drinking cliché
... events, or at the very first dinner party you throw in your garden each summer, after which cutting up all the fruit seems like too much of a faff. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Braven 705 wireless speaker review: a practical portable Beats beater
It became popular thanks to its tininess. These 10-inch computers could go anywhere and work practically everywhere without much faff or fuss. «gearburn, Jul 15»
3
How to plan a wedding in 10 easy steps
Register for gifts- Otherwise known as 'faff' you simply don't need in your life. Find an officiant- That will cater for very religious people and ... «FemaleFirst.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
Confident ODI sides resume battle of spin
Amla and De Kock are world class openers with the potential to set an excellent foundation for others (Faff, Rossouw, and Miller) and take the ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jul 15»
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How to cook the perfect buffalo wings
If you're really against frying, however, Phipps's recipe is considerably less faff than Brown's, and works just as well – bake at 220C for 20-25 ... «HITC, Jul 15»
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#PGCSanFran – every runner up from the Very Big Indie Pitch
So many in fact that I simply do not have time to faff about writing filler fluff here in this opening paragraph, so let's just get on and see all the ... «Pocket Gamer, Jul 15»
7
The porky dish that pulls in punters
Cooked over a low temperature for a long time, there's limited faff required, and the slow cook time means you can get away with using a cheap ... «shropshirestar.com, Jul 15»
8
Antony Micallef will change the face of modern portraiture
They project how they want to be perceived, and after a while you think this is all just faff. These paintings are meant to show warts and all. «GQ.com, Jul 15»
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Athletics: Luke Gunn still has Olympic ambition after 10th UK Champs
"My bare minimum was to get a medal and I didn't want to faff around and wait for a sprint finish. "I have trained way better during the year but it ... «Derby Telegraph, Jul 15»
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“Goodbye English teeth, hello impeccable smile”
“Men, who often find flossing a faff, don't have to worry about removing trapped food or braces impinging on their love lives” Dr Nathwani ... «Yareah Magazine, Jul 15»

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