Usually means: Hooked pole for handling fish.
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  1. gaff: Merriam-Webster
  2. gaff, gaff, gaff, gaff: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gaff, gaff, gaff: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. gaff: Collins English Dictionary
  5. gaff: Vocabulary.com
  6. Gaff, gaff: Wordnik
  7. Gaff, gaff: Wiktionary
  8. gaff: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. gaff: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. gaff: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Gaff, gaff: Dictionary.com
  12. Gaff (Breaking Bad), Gaff (clothing), Gaff (cross-dressing), Gaff: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Gaff: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. gaff: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. gaff: Rhymezone
  16. Gaff: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. gaff: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. GAFF: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  19. Gaff: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  20. gaff: FreeDictionary.org
  21. gaff: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  22. gaff: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. gaff: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. gaff: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Gaff (disambiguation), gaff: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. GAFF: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  3. gaff: Idioms

Slang (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. gaff, gaff, gaff, gaff, gaff, gaff, gaff, gaff, gaff, gaff: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. gaff: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. Gaff: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook
  4. gaff: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Gaff: Sports Definitions

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  2. Gaff: Latitude Mexico

(Note: See gaffed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A tool consisting of a large metal hook with a handle or pole, especially the one used to pull large fish aboard a boat.
noun:  A minor error or faux pas, a gaffe.
noun:  A trick or con.
noun:  (nautical) The upper spar used to control a gaff-rigged sail.
noun:  (LGBTQ) A type of tight, panty-like underwear worn to hold the penis and testicles tucked backwards and make one's genital region look smooth, as if one had a vulva.
verb:  To use a gaff, especially to land a fish.
verb:  To cheat or hoax.
verb:  (transitive) To doctor or modify for deceptive purposes.
verb:  (slang, obsolete) To gamble, especially by tossing coins.
verb:  (transitive, informal) To affix gaffer tape to, or cover with gaffer tape.
noun:  Rough or harsh treatment; criticism.
noun:  (dated) An outcry; nonsense.
noun:  (Ireland; British, especially Dublin, Manchester, MLE, Cockney and Glaswegian; slang) A place of residence.
noun:  (UK, slang, dated) A disreputable, low-end theatre.
noun:  A surname.
noun:  (informal, uncountable) Clipping of gaffer tape. [A sturdy adhesive tape, made of plastic reinforced with cross-linked fibre, often used by stage lighting electricians.]

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