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biff¹

(bĭf) Informal

tr.v. biffed, biff·ing, biffs

To strike or punch.

A blow or punch.

[From English biff, interjection, probably of imitative origin.]

biff²

(bĭf)

n. Upper Midwest

Variant of biffy.

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biff

(bɪf)

1. a blow with the fist

2. school slang Irish a blow to the palm of the hand with a strap or cane as a punishment

(tr) to give (someone) such a blow

[C20: probably of imitative origin]

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biff

(bɪf)
Slang. n.

1. a blow; punch.

v.t.

2. to hit; punch.

[1840–50, Amer.; perhaps imitative]

biff

Past participle: biffed
Gerund: biffing

Imperative
biff
biff

Present
I biff
you biff
he/she/it biffs
we biff
you biff
they biff

Preterite
I biffed
you biffed
he/she/it biffed
we biffed
you biffed
they biffed

Present Continuous
I am biffing
you are biffing
he/she/it is biffing
we are biffing
you are biffing
they are biffing

Present Perfect
I have biffed
you have biffed
he/she/it has biffed
we have biffed
you have biffed
they have biffed

Past Continuous
I was biffing
you were biffing
he/she/it was biffing
we were biffing
you were biffing
they were biffing

Past Perfect
I had biffed
you had biffed
he/she/it had biffed
we had biffed
you had biffed
they had biffed

Future
I will biff
you will biff
he/she/it will biff
we will biff
you will biff
they will biff

Future Perfect
I will have biffed
you will have biffed
he/she/it will have biffed
we will have biffed
you will have biffed
they will have biffed

Future Continuous
I will be biffing
you will be biffing
he/she/it will be biffing
we will be biffing
you will be biffing
they will be biffing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been biffing
you have been biffing
he/she/it has been biffing
we have been biffing
you have been biffing
they have been biffing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been biffing
you will have been biffing
he/she/it will have been biffing
we will have been biffing
you will have been biffing
they will have been biffing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been biffing
you had been biffing
he/she/it had been biffing
we had been biffing
you had been biffing
they had been biffing

Conditional
I would biff
you would biff
he/she/it would biff
we would biff
you would biff
they would biff

Past Conditional
I would have biffed
you would have biffed
he/she/it would have biffed
we would have biffed
you would have biffed
they would have biffed

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Noun 1. [画像:biff - (boxing) a blow with the fist]biff - (boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose"

punch, lick, clout, poke, slug

counterpunch, parry, counter - a return punch (especially by a boxer)

knockout punch, KO punch, Sunday punch, haymaker - a hard punch that renders the opponent unable to continue boxing

hook - a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent

jab - a quick short straight punch

rabbit punch - a short chopping blow to the back of the neck

sucker punch - an unexpected punch

boxing, pugilism, fisticuffs - fighting with the fists

blow - a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the head"

Verb 1. [画像:biff - strike, usually with the fist]biff - strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators"

pommel, pummel

hit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"

biff

verb

Informal. To deliver a powerful blow to suddenly and sharply:

bash, catch, clout, hit, knock, pop, slam, slog, slug, smash, smite, sock, strike, swat, thwack, whack, wham, whop.

Informal: bop, clip, wallop.

Slang: belt, conk, paste.

Idioms: let someone have it, sock it to someone.

noun

Informal. A sudden sharp, powerful stroke:

bang, blow, clout, crack, hit, lick, pound, slug, sock, swat, thwack, welt, whack, wham, whop.

Informal: bash, bop, clip, wallop.

Slang: belt, conk, paste.

Translations

biff

[bɪf]

A. N → bofetada f

B. VT → dar una bofetada a

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biff

n (inf) → Stoß m, → Puff m (inf); a biff on the nose → eins auf die Nase (inf)

interj → bums

vt (esp Brit inf) person → boxen ; car → eine Beule fahren in (+acc); door → anschlagen ; lamppost → bumsen an (+acc) → or gegen (inf); to biff somebody on the nose → jdm eins auf die Nase geben (inf)

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biff

[bɪf] n (Brit) (fam) → botta

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'Put up yer hands.' I smiles, an' wid that, biff biff, he lands me twice an' spills me soup.

You hit me twice--biff, biff. It is a brutal and unprovoked assault.

Put up your hands.' I smiled, but with that, biff, biff, he struck me, knocking me down and spilling my flowers.

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He slept in the office that was unspeakably dirty and dined at Biff Carter's lunch room in a small frame building opposite the railroad station.

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