Usually means: Middle Eastern frame drum instrument.
Definitions Related words Mentions History
We found 20 dictionaries that define the word daff:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. daff: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. daff: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. daff: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Daff, daff: Wordnik
  5. daff: Wiktionary
  6. daff: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. daff: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Daff, daff: Dictionary.com
  9. Daff: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. daff: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Daff: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. daff: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. daff: Free Dictionary
  14. daff: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. DAFF: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Islamic Terms and Concepts (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. daff, daff: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Daff: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (daff)

noun:  A fool; an idiot; a blockhead.
verb:  (intransitive, Scotland) To be foolish; make sport; play; toy.
verb:  (UK, dialect, obsolete) To daunt.
verb:  (transitive) To toss (aside); to dismiss.
verb:  (transitive) To turn (someone) aside; divert.
noun:  (obsolete) A preparation of gypsum once used to adulterate food products.
noun:  (British, informal) Clipping of daffodil. [(countable) A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus, with yellow flowers and a trumpet shaped corona, especially Narcissus pseudonarcissus, the national flower of Wales.]
noun:  Alternative form of daf (“type of drum”) [(music) A large frame drum, resembling a tambourine, used to accompany popular and classical music in the Middle East.]

Similar:

Types:

Words similar to daff

Usage examples for daff

Idioms related to daff

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing daff

Words that often appear near daff

Rhymes of daff

Invented words related to daff

Similar:

Types:



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.



List phrases that spell out daff 




Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Compound Your Joy   Threepeat   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Help


Our daily word games Threepeat and Compound Your Joy are going strong.
Sign up for our new mailing list here!