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boff

[bof] Slang.
–noun
1. Theater.
a. a box-office hit.
b. 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
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boff 1   (bŏf)   
n.   Slang
  1. A line in a play or film, for example, that elicits a big laugh: "He doesn't go for the big boffs, artificially inflated, but lets his comedy build through a leisurely accumulation of bizarre details" (Vincent Canby).

  2. A big laugh.

  3. A conspicuous success. Also called boffo, boffola.


[Probably from b(ox) off(ice).]
boff 2   (bŏf)   
v.   boffed, boff·ing, boffs

v.   tr.
To have sexual intercourse with.
v.   intr.
To engage in sexual intercourse.

[From boff, to hit, variant of buff, from Middle English buffe, a blow, from Old French, of imitative origin.]
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Slang Dictionary
boff [bɑf]

  1. tv.
    to punch someone. : Ted boffed Harry playfully.
  2. in.
    to empty one's stomach; to vomit. (See also barf.) : She boffed and boffed, until she was exhausted.
  3. tv. & in.
    to copulate [with] someone. (Usually objectionable.) : They were boffing in the faculty lounge and the principal caught them.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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