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).
A big laugh.
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.]
tv. to punch someone. : Ted boffed Harry playfully.
in. to empty one's stomach; to vomit. (See also barf.) : She boffed and boffed, until she was exhausted.
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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