knuff

English

Etymology

Compare Old English cnof (“a churl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nʌf/
• Rhymes: -ʌf
• Homophone: 'nuff

Noun

knuff (plural knuffs)

1. (obsolete) A lout, rogue or rustic person.

   Synonyms: bumpkin, yokel; see also Thesaurus:country bumpkin

   • (Can we date this quote?), Unknown, (Please provide the book title or journal name); quoted in Mary Anne Martha Hoppus, “The Rebellions of the Poor Commons”, in Landholding in England, London: A. C. Fifield, 1908, page 90:

     The country knuffs, Hob, Dick, and Hick, with clubs and clouted shoon

     NB: History of England (1893) by James Anthony Froude uses the term "country gruffs" instead.

Alternative forms

• gnuff

References

• “knuff”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Verb

knuff

1. singular imperative of knuffen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of knuffen

Swedish

Noun

knuff c

1. a push, a shove

   Han fick en knuff i ryggen

   He got pushed in the back

Usage notes

Would commonly be understood as a push with the hands without further context, though it can also mean pushing with other body parts. Same intuition as English push.

Declension

Declension of knuff

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	knuff	knuffs
	definite	knuffen	knuffens
plural	indefinite	knuffar	knuffars
	definite	knuffarna	knuffarnas

Related terms

• knuffa (“to push, to shove”)

See also

• puff

References

• “knuff”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “knuff”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)