Jeff
name, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A rope. slang
- 1 To play or gamble with em quads, throwing them as dice. intransitive, slang
- 1 A diminutive of the male given names Jeffrey, Jeffery, Jefferey, Jeffry, or Jefferson.
"We have Jeff. Jeff will be fired. We will exterminate Jeff."
- 2 A surname.
Synonyms
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More examples"Jeff thinks he will never fall in love."
Etymology
From Jeffrey, a variant of Geoffrey, from Middle English Geffrey, from an Old French aristocratic name, Geoffroi [dʒɔfreʲ] (> West Middle French Geoffrey, East Middle French Geoffroy), itself from Proto-French forms (latinized in -us) Jotfredus, Jozsfredus, Josfredus (10th century) and Jof[f]redus, Jofridus, Jaufredus, Geffredus (11th century), and ultimately of Proto-Germanic origin. The second element is *friþuz (“peace, sanctuary”). The first element may be *gautaz (“a Geat, a Goth”) [making the Proto-Germanic term *Gautafriþu], as opposed to *gōdaz (“good”) or *gudą (“god”) in Godfrey; this would also make it related to Jocelyn. The name was introduced to England by the Normans in the 11th century.
1837.
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