Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to gaffle
Participle: gaffled
Gerund: gaffling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | gaffle |
| you | gaffle |
| he;she;it | gaffles |
| we | gaffle |
| you | gaffle |
| they | gaffle |
Perfect
| I | have gaffled |
| you | have gaffled |
| he;she;it | has gaffled |
| we | have gaffled |
| you | have gaffled |
| they | have gaffled |
Past
| I | gaffled |
| you | gaffled |
| he;she;it | gaffled |
| we | gaffled |
| you | gaffled |
| they | gaffled |
Pluperfect
| I | had gaffled |
| you | had gaffled |
| he;she;it | had gaffled |
| we | had gaffled |
| you | had gaffled |
| they | had gaffled |
Future
| I | will gaffle |
| you | will gaffle |
| he;she;it | will gaffle |
| we | will gaffle |
| you | will gaffle |
| they | will gaffle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have gaffled |
| you | will have gaffled |
| he;she;it | will have gaffled |
| we | will have gaffled |
| you | will have gaffled |
| they | will have gaffled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | gaffle |
| you | gaffle |
| he;she;it | gaffle |
| we | gaffle |
| you | gaffle |
| they | gaffle |
Perfect
| I | have gaffled |
| you | have gaffled |
| he;she;it | have gaffled |
| we | have gaffled |
| you | have gaffled |
| they | have gaffled |
Imperfect
| I | gaffled |
| you | gaffled |
| he;she;it | gaffled |
| we | gaffled |
| you | gaffled |
| they | gaffled |
Pluperfect
| I | had gaffled |
| you | had gaffled |
| he;she;it | had gaffled |
| we | had gaffled |
| you | had gaffled |
| they | had gaffled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would gaffle |
| you | would gaffle |
| he;she;it | would gaffle |
| we | would gaffle |
| you | would gaffle |
| they | would gaffle |
Perfect
| I | would have gaffled |
| you | would have gaffled |
| he;she;it | would have gaffled |
| we | would have gaffled |
| you | would have gaffled |
| they | would have gaffled |
Imperative
| you | gaffle |
| we | Let's gaffle |
| you | gaffle |
Verbs conjugated like 'gaffle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'gaffle'
baffle,
faffle,
haffle,
maffle,
raffle,
waffle,
affile,
buffle,
coffle,
fuffle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to take something that does not belong to one
- abduct, abstract, appropriate, bag, bandit, bone, boost, borrow, burglarize, burgle, cheat, chore, convert, cop, cozen, crib, embezzle, filch, fleece, flog, half-inch, heist, jack, kidnap, knock off, kype, kyper, liberate, lift, loot, make off with, mill, misappropriate, moonlight requisition, nick, own, peculate, pickpocket, pilfer, pillage, pinch, pirate, plunder, poach, pocket, prig, purloin, raid, ransack, rape, reave, rip, rip off, rob, run off with, snag, snatch, steal, swindle, swipe, thieve, walk off with
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English gaffolle, a borrowing from Middle Dutch gaffel, gafel (“fork”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *gabulu (“fork”), related to Old English gafol, ġeafel (“fork”).
Sample Sentences
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Now, sword or dagger, human arms are but artifical claws and fangs, tied on like false spurs to the fighting cock. So, we repeat, Oberlus, czar of the isle, gaffles his four subjects; that is, with intent of glory, puts four rusty cutlasses into their hands. [1854, Herman Melville., The Encantadas, or Enchanted Isles:]
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Blood doth not follow the law of the mountain stream, by getting more muddy as it descends; neither are men and women of the nature of the gaffled cocks we use to fight at the mains on the Inch of Perth, which send down their fighting propensities to the tenth gallinaccous generation. [1889, J. M. Wilson, Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, page 39:]
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He earned my contempt by carrying a pistol and drawing it on Senator Benton (known to be unarmed) in the Chamber, like a gaffled fowl in a cock-pit waiting provocation. [1891, Josiah Bushnell Grinnell, Men and Events of Forty Years, page 62:]
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Gentlemen took great interest in the management of the cock, the skill of gaffling, the science of feeding and grooming, and the expertness in handling the fowl. [2003, Jennie Holliman, American Sports, 1785-1835, page 126:]