boff

[bof] /bɒf/
noun
1.
Theater.
  1. a box-office hit.
  2. a joke or humorous line producing hearty laughter.
2.
a loud hearty laugh; belly laugh.
verb (used with object)
3.
to cause to be overcome with laughter.
4.
to hit; strike.
Origin
cf. boffo
Examples from the web for boff
  • Leonardo boff, for example, was suspended, while others were censured.
British Dictionary definitions for boff

boff

/bɒf/
noun
1.
(informal) short for boffin
Slang definitions & phrases for boff

boff

noun
  1. A blow with the fist or open hand (1920s+)
  2. A sex act; coupling: a quick bathroom boff (1950s+)
  3. laugh, esp one following a comedian's joke; boffola (1940s+ Show business)
  4. A joke or witty remark (1940s+ Show business)
  5. A show that pleases the audience; sockeroo (1940s+ Show business)
verb
  1. : LaGuardia bade his cops to muss them up and boff them around on sight
  2. To do the sex act: professors boffing coeds in their offices/ I was trying for the world boffing championship (1930s+)
  3. To vomit; barf (1950s+)

[first and second senses echoic; show-business senses probably a shortening of boffo] See THROW A FUCK INTO someone laudatory n 1 A dollar or dollar bill : That's worth a million boffos (1920s+) 2 A year, esp a one-year prison sentence; Boppo (1920s+ Underworld) 3 A laugh, esp a loud laugh in response to a comedian; BOFF, BOFFOLA (1940s+ Show business) 4 A joke or a witty remark; BOFF (1940s+ Show business) 5 A successful entertainment; BOFF, HIT : her string of box-office boffos (1940s+ Show business) [fr a 19thcentury carnival term based on the idea of a good box office]