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toffee - 5 dictionary results

tof⋅fee

[taw-fee, tof-ee]
–noun
taffy.
Also, toffy.

taf⋅fy

[taf-ee]
–noun
1. a chewy candy made of sugar or molasses boiled down, often with butter, nuts, etc.
2. Informal. flattery.
Also, toffee, toffy.


Origin:
1810–20; var. of toffee
tof·fee   (tô'fē, tŏf'ē)   
n.  A hard, chewy candy made of brown sugar or molasses and butter.

[Alteration of taffy.]

Toffee

Tof"fee\, Toffy \Tof"fy\, n. Taffy. [Eng.]
Language Translation for : toffee
Spanish: caramelo,
German: das Sahnebonbon,
Japanese: トフィー

toffee 
1825, tuffy, toughy, southern British dial. variant of taffy. Modern spelling first recorded 1862.
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