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Definition of gaff: 1. A barbed spear or a hook with a handle, used by fishermen in securing heavy fish.
2. Same as Gaffle, 1.
3. The spar upon which the upper edge of a fore-and-aft sail is extended.
4. To strike with a gaff or barbed spear; to secure by means of a gaff; as, to gaff a salmon.

Synonyms:

boo-boo, familiarity, indiscretion, brick, clinker, cockpit, fluff, slip, inaccuracy, faux pas, barb, bobble, flub, blunder, dragnet, fumble, solecism, boob, gaffe, trip, creel, goof, decoy, mistake, fishing line, slipup, fault, stumble, bait, drifter, oversight, drift net, fishing rod, miscue, clanger, screwup, misstep, lapse