hoff

hoff

1. Eye dialect spelling of off.
   • 1918, Credo Harris, Where the Souls of Men are Calling‎:

     "'W'y, chuck 'er, ye blighter!' says I. "'But 'ow farst must Hi count four?' he asks agin, lookin' worrit; 's'pose she goes hoff in me 'and?' he says.

   • 1880, John Habberton, Romance of California Life‎:

     "I believe in fair play, but I darsn't keep my eyes hoff of 'em sleepy-lookin' tops, when their flippers is anywheres near their knives, you know."

   • 1877, Charles W. Hall, Adrift in the Ice-Fields‎:

     "'An hungrateful fool, marry an' turn me hoff; ugh, ugh! fix 'im, hany 'ow.'

• IPA^(key): /hɔf/

hoff

1. Imperative singular of hoffen.
2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of hoffen.

hoff

1. second-person singular imperative of hoffen

From Middle Low German hof

hoff n (definite singular hoffet, indefinite plural hoff, definite plural hoffa or hoffene)

1. a court (collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign)

• hoffdame

• “hoff” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “hoff” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Middle Low German hof

hoff n (definite singular hoffet, indefinite plural hoff, definite plural hoffa)

1. a court (collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign)

• hoffdame

• “hoff” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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• IPA^(key): /hoːf/

hoff (feminine singular hoff, plural hoff)

1. dear, beloved
2. favourite

• (beloved): annwyl, cu

• hoffi (“to like”)