noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard. uncountable
2. 2
   A fan or member of Everton F.C.. UK, informal
3. 3
   caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets wordnet
4. 4
   A small, individual piece of toffee. countable
5. 5
   Any kind of sweets; candy. Northern-England, countable, uncountable

Verb

1. 1
   To coat in toffee. transitive

   "The plant will close and three-quarters of Britain's apple toffeeing capacity will lie idle."

Synonyms

All synonyms

brittlebrittlechocolateevertonianevertonianfudge

Example

More examples

"This chocolate bar has chunks of toffee in it."

Etymology

Etymology 1

An alteration of taffy.

Etymology 2

In reference to two toffee shops that were located in Everton village at the time the club was founded.

Related phrases

English toffeebonfire toffeecinder toffeefor toffeehoneycomb toffeemaple toffeesponge toffeesticky toffee puddingtoffee appletoffee hammertoffee papertoffee penny

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.