English-Thai Dictionary

gaffe

N การ ประพฤติผิด มารยาท สังคม  การ เสียมารยาท  คำพูด เสียมารยาท  blunder faux kan-pra-phrued-pid-ma-ra-yad-sang-kom

 

gaffer

N หัวหน้าคนงาน  ช่าง ควบคุม ไฟ ใน โทรทัศน์ หรือ ภาพยนตร์  boss hua-na-kon-ngan

 

gaffer

SL ชาย แก่  ชาย ชรา  chai-kea

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GAFFER

n.[Heb. gebar, a man, vir.] A word of respect, which seems to have degenerated into a term of familiarity or contempt. [Little used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GAFFER

Gaf "fer, n. Etym: [Possibly contr. fr. godfather; but prob. fr. gramfer for grandfather. Cf. Gammer. ]

 

1. An old fellow; an aged rustic. Go to each gaffer and each goody. Fawkes.

 

Note: Gaffer was originally a respectful title, now degenerated into a term of familiarity or contempt when addressed to an aged man in humble life.

 

2. A foreman or overseer of a gang of laborers. [Prov. Eng. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

gaffe

gaffe |gaf ɡæf | ▶noun an unintentional act or remark causing embarrassment to its originator; a blunder: an unforgivable social gaffe. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: from French, literally ‘boat hook ’ (from Provençal gaf: see gaff 1 ), used colloquially to mean ‘blunder. ’

 

gaffer

gaf fer |ˈgafər ˈɡæfər | ▶noun 1 the chief electrician in a motion-picture or television production unit. 2 informal an old man. 3 Brit. informal a person in charge of others; a boss. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: probably a contraction of godfather; compare with gammer .

 

gaffer tape

gaf ¦fer tape ▶noun [ mass noun ] strong cloth-backed waterproof adhesive tape.

 

Oxford Dictionary

gaffe

gaffe |gaf | ▶noun an unintentional act or remark causing embarrassment to its originator; a blunder. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: from French, literally ‘boathook ’ (from Provençal gaf: see gaff 1 ), used colloquially to mean ‘blunder ’.

 

gaffer

gaf ¦fer |ˈgafə | ▶noun 1 Brit. informal a person in charge of others; a boss. 2 the chief electrician in a film or television production unit. 3 informal an old man. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in sense 3 ): probably a contraction of godfather; compare with gammer .

 

gaffer tape

gaf ¦fer tape ▶noun [ mass noun ] strong cloth-backed waterproof adhesive tape.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

gaffe

gaffe noun I made some real gaffes at work: blunder, mistake, error, slip, faux pas, indiscretion, impropriety, miscalculation, gaucherie, solecism; informal slip-up, howler, boo-boo, fluff, flub, blooper, goof.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

gaffe

gaffe noun I made some real gaffes at work: blunder, mistake, error, slip; indiscretion, impropriety, breach of etiquette, miscalculation, gaucherie, solecism; French faux pas; Latin lapsus linguae, lapsus calami; informal slip-up, howler, boo-boo, boner, botch, fluff; Brit. informal boob, bloomer, clanger; N. Amer. informal blooper, bloop, goof; Brit. informal, dated floater; vulgar slang fuck-up.

 

gaffer

gaffer noun 1 Brit. informal being the gaffer's gone to her head: boss, manager, manageress, foreman, forewoman, overseer, controller, supervisor, superintendent; Brit. ganger; informal bossman, number one, kingpin, top dog, bigwig, big cheese, Mr Big, skipper; Brit. informal governor, guv'nor; N. Amer. informal honcho, head honcho, numero uno, padrone, sachem, big wheel, big kahuna, big white chief, high muckamuck. 2 informal old gaffers tottering past on sticks: old man, elderly man, senior citizen, pensioner, OAP, grandfather; Scottish & Irish bodach; informal old bloke, old boy, old guy, old codger, old geezer, old-timer, greybeard, grandad, wrinkly; Brit. informal buffer, josser; N. Amer. informal old coot; archaic grandsire, ancient; rare senex.

 

Duden Dictionary

Gaffel

Gaf fel Substantiv, feminin , die |G a ffel |aus dem Niederdeutschen < mittelniederdeutsch gaffel (e ) = Gabel 1 Seemannssprache schräge, um den Mast drehbare Stange, an der das Gaffelsegel befestigt wird 2 landschaftlich große, zweizinkige hölzerne Gabel 2

 

Gaffelschoner

Gaf fel scho ner Substantiv, maskulin , der |G a ffelschoner |Schoner mit Gaffelsegeln

 

Gaffelsegel

Gaf fel se gel Substantiv, Neutrum , das |G a ffelsegel |trapezförmiges Segel, das mit seiner Oberkante an der Gaffel befestigt ist

 

gaffen

gaf fen schwaches Verb abwertend |g a ffen |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « mittelhochdeutsch gaffen, eigentlich = den Mund aufsperren, wahrscheinlich verwandt mit gähnen verwundert, neugierig, selbstvergessen, häufiger aber sensationslüstern [mit offenem Mund und dümmlichem Gesichtsausdruck ] jemanden, etwas anstarren, einen Vorgang verfolgen herumstehen und gaffen

 

Gaffer

Gaf fer Substantiv, maskulin abwertend , der Gafferin |G a ffer |der Gaffer; Genitiv: des Gaffers, Plural: die Gaffer jemand, der gaffend dasteht

 

Gafferei

Gaf fe rei Substantiv, feminin abwertend , die |Gaffer ei |fortwährendes Gaffen

 

Gafferin

Gaf fe rin Substantiv, feminin , die |G a fferin |weibliche Form zu Gaffer

 

French Dictionary

gaffe

gaffe n. f. nom féminin 1 Perche munie d ’un croc. : Avec sa gaffe, il a repêché le maillot qui était tombé à l ’eau. 2 familier Maladresse. : Gaston, c ’est le roi de la gaffe. SYNONYME bêtise ; bévue ; bourde ; impair ; sottise .

 

gaffer

gaffer v. intr. verbe intransitif familier Faire une gaffe, commettre une maladresse. : Zut, j ’ai encore gaffé! aimer

 

gaffeur

gaffeur , euse adj. et n. m. et f. adjectif et nom masculin et féminin familier Maladroit. : Elle est gaffeuse.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

gaffe

gaffe /ɡæf /名詞 C (社交上の )失態, 不手際 ; 失言 .

 

gaffer

gaf fer /ɡǽfə r /〖godfatherの短縮形 〗名詞 C 1 ｟英 くだけて ｠〖通例the ～; 単数形で 〗(工場 現場の )親方, 監督 ; 〖時に呼びかけで 〗おやじさん .2 (映画 テレビなどの )照明係 ; 主任電気工 .3 ｟くだけて /おどけて ｠年寄り, じいさん .