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Meaning of "maffick" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MAFFICK

Back formation from Mafeking (now Mafikeng), from the rejoicings at the relief of the siege there in 1900.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF MAFFICK

ˈmæfɪk


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAFFICK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Maffick is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb maffick in English.

WHAT DOES MAFFICK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of maffick in the English dictionary

The definition of maffick in the dictionary is to celebrate extravagantly and publicly.



CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MAFFICK

PRESENT

Present
I maffick
you maffick
he/she/it mafficks
we maffick
you maffick
they maffick
Present continuous
I am mafficking
you are mafficking
he/she/it is mafficking
we are mafficking
you are mafficking
they are mafficking
Present perfect
I have mafficked
you have mafficked
he/she/it has mafficked
we have mafficked
you have mafficked
they have mafficked
Present perfect continuous
I have been mafficking
you have been mafficking
he/she/it has been mafficking
we have been mafficking
you have been mafficking
they have been mafficking
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 mafficked
you mafficked
he/she/it mafficked
we mafficked
you mafficked
they mafficked
Past continuous
I was mafficking
you were mafficking
he/she/it was mafficking
we were mafficking
you were mafficking
they were mafficking
Past perfect
I had mafficked
you had mafficked
he/she/it had mafficked
we had mafficked
you had mafficked
they had mafficked
Past perfect continuous
I had been mafficking
you had been mafficking
he/she/it had been mafficking
we had been mafficking
you had been mafficking
they had been mafficking
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you maffick
we let´s maffick
you maffick
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to maffick
Past participle
mafficked
Present Participle
mafficking
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 RHYME WITH MAFFICK

bibliographic · chromatographic · crystallographic · demographic · edaphic · ethnographic · graphic · holographic · hydrographic · mafic · orthographic · photographic · pornographic · radiographic · reprographic · Sapphic · topographic · traffic · typographic · ultramafic

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAFFICK

maestri · Maestricht · maestro · maestro di cappella · Maeterlinck · Maewo · MAF · Mafeking · MAFF · Maffia · mafficker · maffled · mafflin · Mafia · mafic · Mafikeng · mafiosi · mafioso · mafted · maftir

WORDS THAT END LIKE MAFFICK

brick · Brunswick · chick · click · crick · dick · do the trick · Herrick · kick · klick · lick · nick · Patrick · pick · quick · rick · sick · stick · thick · trick

Synonyms and antonyms of maffick in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «maffick» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF MAFFICK

Find out the translation of maffick to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of maffick from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «maffick» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

maffick
1,325 millions of speakers
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maffick
570 millions of speakers
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maffick
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

maffick
380 millions of speakers
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maffick
280 millions of speakers
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maffick
278 millions of speakers
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maffick
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

হুল্লোড় করা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

maffick
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Maffick
190 millions of speakers
de

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maffick
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

maffick
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

maffick
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Maffick
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tỏ sự mừng rở
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

maffick
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

माफक
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

şenlik yapmak
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

esultare
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

maffick
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

maffick
40 millions of speakers
ro

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maffick
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

maffick
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rumoerig en uitbundig jubel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

maffick
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

maffick
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of maffick

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MAFFICK»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of maffick
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about maffick

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAFFICK»

Discover the use of maffick in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to maffick and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Boys' Life
There are two reasons in February to maffick: First, Feb. 8 is the 72nd anniversary of the founding of the Boy Scouts of America; second, Feb. 22 is the 125th anniversary of the birth of the founder of the Boy Scout movement. You don't know ...
2
A Gravity's Rainbow Companion: Sources and Contexts for ...
V17.36–37, B20.6, P18.17 Lt. Oliver (“Tantivy”) Mucker-Maffick Terrill Shepard Soules (“What To Think about Gravity's Rainbow”) has pinned down two sources for this moniker: the noun “tantivy” meaning “a galloping gait” and the verb “ maffick ...
Steven C. Weisenburger, 2011
3
A voyage into the Levant ... Containing the ancient and ...
The other Wares of the Island are Wooll, Cheese, Figs, and Maffick: the Traffick of Wooll and Cheese is not so considerable as that of Figs : besides what are spent in making Brandy, they send away great quantities of 'em to the neighbouring ...
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, 1741
4
Information History - An Introduction: Exploring an Emergent ...
By the end of the nineteenth century, Reuters' information was culturally recognised enough to be able to provide what Bailey has termed the ' spontaneous creation'2 of the verb 'maffick', meaning to riotously rejoice. During a minor incident ...
Toni Weller, 2014
5
The Complete Stories of Saki
Mother, may I go and maffick, Tear around and hinder traffic? Of course you'll say there would be no traffic worth bothering about on the bare and sun-scorched veldt, but there's no other word that rhymes with maffick.' 'Seraphic?' Reginald ...
Saki, 1993
6
The War that Will End War
maffick at the victories it has done its best to spoil. And villadom promoted and distended, villadom in luck, turned millionaire, villadom on a scale that can buy a peerage and write you its thousands-of-pounds cheque for a showy subscription  ...
Herbert George Wells, 1914
7
A Leopard at Maytime
"Obliged* It was practically curtain time for their play. "I tell you what, Paul," Andy said, slipping off his stool and helping Tinker down. "You come to our maffick tonight." "What's a maffick?" The two of them shared a patronizing wink. "'Maffick ...
John Demory Martin, 1966
8
Reginald
I make it have all sorts of unexpected yearnings— 'Mother, may I go and maffick, Tear around and hinder traffic?' Of course you'll say there would be no traffic worth bothering about on the bare and sun-scorched veldt, but there's no other word ...
Saki, 2011
9
Baseball Managers: Stats, Stories, and Strategies
... TORONTO Blue Jays 1377-98 Year Manager W L ALEast Games Behind 1977 Roy Hartsfield 54 107 7th 45.5 78 Roy Hartsfield 59 102 7th 40 79 Roy Hartsfield 53 109 7th 50.5 1980 Bobby Maffick 67 95 7th 36 81 Bobby Maffick 37 69 7th ...
Bob Bloss, 1999
10
Montana Standoff (Mills & Boon Vintage Superromance)
J EFFERSON WASATWO HORSETOWN ,and Stevenhad no trouble finding Maffick's Salvage, thegarage where Sam Blackmore's ruinedstation wagon had been hauled. “I've donea preliminary autopsy on the wreck,” Maffick said whenSteven ...
Nadia Nichols, 2014

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAFFICK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term maffick is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Joy and reflection marks VE Day in Huddersfield
... but happily it cleared in the early evening and the people turned out in their thousands to see the illuminations and to maffick a little. «Huddersfield Examiner, May 15»
2
NIT Bhopal- Home to Technosearch and Maffick
Maulana Azad College of technology (MACT) started functioning in 1960 at Govt. S. V. polytechnic in Bhopal. In 2002 the institute received the ... «PaGaLGuY, Mar 15»
3
MAFFICK sees the best of performances
BHOPAL: Celebrating 100 years of cinema, MANIT's cultural fest "MAFFICK 2014" concluded here on Sunday. The final event was an ... «Times of India, Mar 14»
4
Hathwar wins fifth trip to Scripps National Spelling Bee
The word Sriram Hathwar spelled to clinch his fifth trip to the Scripps National Spelling Bee was “maffick,” which means “to celebrate with ... «Corning Leader, Mar 14»
5
Lekker to Stellenbosch some okes
My dictionary is silent on "Stellenbosching", but it does, at least for now, recognise "maffick", derived from the exuberant celebrations in which ... «Times LIVE, Sep 13»
6
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology kicks off annual …
One of the biggest cultural fests of the state, Maffick '13 at Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), kicked off to an ... «Times of India, Apr 13»
7
Archive review: David Foster Wallace's 'Infinite Jest'
Both men do share a head for science, a stomach for gross-out humor, a great ear and a soft spot for the word "maffick," but of the two, Wallace ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 10»
8
Inherent Vice
... scientific knowledge, and digressive and transgressive storytelling, propelled by characters whose names (such as "Tantivy" Mucker-Maffick, ... «New Statesman, Jul 09»
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