knuff

English

Etymology

Compare Old English cnof (“a churl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nʌf/
• Rhymes: -ʌf
• Homophone: 'nuff

Noun

knuff (plural knuffs)

1. (obsolete) A lout; a rustic person.

Alternative forms

• gnuff

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “knuff”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

knuff

1. singular imperative of knuffen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of knuffen

Swedish

Noun

knuff c

1. a push, a shove

   Han fick en knuff i ryggen

   He got pushed in the back

Usage notes

Would commonly be understood as a push with the hands without further context, though it can also mean pushing with other body parts. Same intuition as English push.

Declension

Declension of knuff
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	knuff	knuffen	knuffar	knuffarna
Genitive	knuffs	knuffens	knuffars	knuffarnas

Related terms

• knuffa (“to push, to shove”)

See also

• puff

References

• knuff in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• knuff in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)