daffing

English

Etymology

daff +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːfɪŋ

Noun

daffing (usually uncountable, plural daffings)

1. (Scotland) Fun; merrymaking.
   • 1886, James Orchard Halliwell, “Fourteenth Class: Love and Matrimony: CCCCXLI”, in The Nursery Rhymes of England:

     Willy, Willy Wilkin,
     Kissed the maids a-milking,
     Fa, la, la!
     And with his merry daffing,
     He set them all a laughing.
     Ha, ha, ha!