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; a rustic person.
   • (Can we date this quote by Sir John Hayward and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     The country knuffs, Hob, Dick, and Hick, with clubs and clouted shoon,"[1]

Alternative forms

• gnuff

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “knuff”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

German

Pronunciation

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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 (SO)
• knuff in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)