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Meaning of "toff" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TOFF

Perhaps variant of tuft, nickname for a titled student at Oxford University, wearing a cap with a gold tassel.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TOFF

toff  [tɒf] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TOFF

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Toff 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 TOFF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Toff

In British English slang, a toff is a derogatory stereotype for someone with an aristocratic background or belonging to the landed gentry, particularly someone who exudes an air of superiority. For instance, The Toff, a character from the series of adventure novels by John Creasey, is an upper-class crime sleuth who uses a common caricature of a toff – a line drawing with a top hat, monocle, bow-tie and cigarette with a holder – as his calling card. Hoorah Henry has a similar meaning.

Definition of toff in the English dictionary

The definition of toff in the dictionary is a rich, well-dressed, or upper-class person, esp a man.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TOFF

toeless
toelike
toenail
toeplate
toerag
toeshoe
toetoe
toey
toey as a Roman sandal
toffee
toffee-apple
toffee-nosed
toffies
toffish
toffishness
toffy
tofore
toft
tofu
tofutti

WORDS THAT END LIKE TOFF

better off
cut off
cut-off
day off
get off
hold off
kick off
kick-off
off
on and off
on-off
roll-on-roll-off
roll-on/roll-off
show off
show-off
showing-off
stop-off
take off
turn off
turn-off

Synonyms and antonyms of toff in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «toff» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TOFF

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

Translator English - Chinese

花花公子
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

toff
570 millions of speakers

English

toff
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बांका
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأنيق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

франт
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

toff
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উত্তম বেশভূষাপরিহিত ব্যক্তি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dandy
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Toff
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

toff
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

TOFF
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

TOFF
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Toff
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

người ăn mặc lịch sự
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குறிப்பிடத்தக்கவர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Toff
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kibar adam
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

toff
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

twył
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

франт
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

toff
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

toff
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

fijne mnr
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

toff
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

toff
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of toff

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TOFF»

The term «toff» is regularly used and occupies the 66.702 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TOFF» OVER TIME

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

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QUOTES WITH «TOFF»

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Jim Broadbent
It's funny how a film about a murderous old English toff can help you.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOFF»

Discover the use of toff in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to toff and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Flute Book: A Complete Guide for Students and Performers
Teachers and flutists at all levels have praised this book, a unique one-stop guide to the flute and its music.
Nancy Toff, 2012
2
Introducing the Toff
Whilst returning home from a cricket match at his father's country home, the Honourable Richard Rollison - alias The Toff - comes across an accident which proves to be a mystery.
John Creasey, 2011
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Accuse the Toff
Colonel The Hon Richard Rollison (aka 'The Toff') is fighting for King and Country in the depths of the Second World War.
John Creasey, 2013
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The Toff in New York
John Creasey. The Toff Series The Toff and the Crooked Copper Murder Out of the Past (short stories) The Toff on the Trail (short stories) The Toff in New York John Creasey. A Bundle for the Toff A Doll for the Toff A Knife for the Toff A Mask for ...
John Creasey, 2011
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Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers
Works Accuse the Toff (1943); Alibi (1971); Battle for Inspector West (1948); Beauty for Inspector West, A (1954); Black Spiders, The (1957); Blight, The (1968 ); Bundle for the Toff, A (1968); Call the Toff (1953); Carriers of Death (1937); Case ...
Lee Server, 2009
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Switch-Mode Power Converters: Design and Analysis
ib1(toff) 1⁄4 ia10 .g1(toff) þ vb10 .g2(toff) þ ib10 .g3(toff) þ vp10 .g4(toff) þ Ein .g5( toff) vp1(toff) 1⁄4 ia10 .p1(toff) þ vb10 .p2(toff) þ ib10 .p3(toff) þ vp10 .p4(toff) þ Ein .p5(toff) These equations, of course, can be placed in a matrix form X21⁄4A1.
Keng C. Wu, 2005
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Theory of Existence: Pt. I. Devoted to the Enunciation of ...
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Elias Dexter, 1869
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Sequels: An Annotated Guide to Novels in Series
Toff in New York, The (Pyramid, 1964) originally published in 1956. 35. Modelfor the Toff(Pyramid, 1965) originally published in 1957. 36. Toffon Fire, The (Walker, 1966) originally published in 1957. 37. Toff and the Stolen Tresses, The ...
Janet Husband, Jonathan F. Husband, 2009
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Analysis of Complex Diseases: A Mathematical Perspective
The case D (toff) = D (ton) is a singular condition, which corresponds to the parallelism of two straight lines on the i0 versus w0 plane (Figure A.2(d)). It requires no further consideration. • The case D (toff) < D (ton) corresponds to the following ...
Guanyu Wang, PhD, 2013
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Monarch of the Flute : The Life of Georges Barrere: The Life ...
The Life of Georges Barrere Nancy Toff. LC Library of Congress MA Musical America MC Musical Courier MFC Mary Flagler Cary Collection, Pierpont Morgan Library ML Musical Leader MM Monde Musical MML Walter Damrosch, My Musical ...
Nancy Toff, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOFF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term toff is used in the context of the following news items.
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Made in Chelsea: Toff talks boys, dating and her road to refinery
"The road to refinary with Mark is still going," Toff told Mirror Celeb. Channel 4 Made in Chelsea NYC. Mark Francis is teaching Toff how to be chic. "I am only 20 ... «Mirror.co.uk, May 15»
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Kevin Pietersen undone by old boys' club and toff-in-chief Strauss …
And when Andrew Strauss was appointed toff-in-chief, they were threatening the converted. This England cricket team is a boys' club run by an old boys' club. «mirror.co.uk, May 15»
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Ukip rival slams 'toff' Sir Keir Starmer for 'disgusting' use of Doreen …
Ms Spencer, who is standing in Holborn and St Pancras, described “toff Sir Starmer” as “absolutely disgusting” on her Facebook page for featuring Labour peer ... «Ham&High, Apr 15»
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Life Is Toff: The Fulfords to host three-day festival at estate near Exeter
The chaotic and loveable aristocrats, who were back on our screens earlier this year in new series Life is Toff on BBC3, will welcome Wonder Fields to Great ... «Exeter Express and Echo, Apr 15»
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Ed Miliband is 'more of a toff' than David Cameron, Labour MP says
If we're having a straight conversation about this, he [Miliband] has an image of being more of a toff than David Cameron. That's how the public see it. And what ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»
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White collar boxing event in Bethnal Green for prostate cancer
British and European White Collar Boxing champion, Jamie Toff, is bringing his own show 'Fighting for Charity' to Bethnal Green's famous York Hall on March ... «East London Advertiser, Mar 15»
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Christopher Eccleston on working class roots, toff actors and greatly …
The 50-year-old actor is not one to mince his words, be it on the subject of the current generation of toff actors – “insidious nepotism” – or speaking to journalists ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jan 15»
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The Missing; Life Is Toff – review
An interesting scene in Life is Toff (BBC3). Francis Fulford is putting up a storyboard for the open-house tour of Great Fulford. “What's the purpose?” asks a voice ... «The Guardian, Dec 14»
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Toff at the top: The upper class become 'figures of fun' for the lower …
Who'd have thought it would ever come to the point when the upper classes willingly agreed to become entertaining figures of fun for the lower orders to laugh at ... «Mirror.co.uk, Nov 14»
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Made in Chelsea: Sam Thompson's mystery girl is... Fran Newman …
Then came the admission to Jamie and Toff – of all people – that his "mate" had actually shared his bed, again with the reassurance that "I didn't hook up with ... «Radio Times, Nov 14»

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