jeff

/d͡ʒɛf/

name 2verb 1noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

lost, ready

He felt a bit jeff and lost after missing his train station.

VERB + JEFF

called, calls, conglomerate, exterminate, introduced, named, seems

My parents called me Jeff after my grandfather.

JEFF + NOUN

bezos, bezos', everyone, friends, metcalf, mia, sandwich, yesterday's

Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in 1994 and became one of the world's richest people.

PREP.

into, up

He jeffed up the old car engine and got it running again.

Definitions

name

A diminutive of the male given names Jeffrey, Jeffery, Jefferey, Jeffry, or Jefferson.

We have Jeff. Jeff will be fired. We will exterminate Jeff.

After Anthony’s bond was reduced from $1 million to $250,000 in April, a press conference hosted by Alexander and NGAN devolved into chaos when Jeff Metcalf showed up.

A surname.

verb

To play or gamble with em quads, throwing them as dice.

noun

A rope.

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

We have Jeff. Jeff will be fired. We will exterminate Jeff.

Wiktionary

After Anthony’s bond was reduced from $1 million to $250,000 in April, a press conference hosted by Alexander and NGAN devolved into chaos when Jeff Metcalf showed up.

Wiktionary

Everyone calls him Jeff.

Tatoeba · #32123

Jeff thinks he will never fall in love.

Tatoeba · #53684

Jeffrey is called Jeff by his friends.

Tatoeba · #53685

Jeff seems to know where she is.

Tatoeba · #53686

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, jeff is marked as slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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