griff

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/ɡɹɪf/

noun

griffin, (white) newcomer

Less commonScrabble 12

Meanings

griff1

noungriff (plural griffs)

plural griffs

  1. abbreviationclippinginformalClipping of griffin.

    Lure will get the mage some breathing room, so it isn't an absolute kill (and Stone Gaze can really hurt the griffs), but it sure is fun.

    1999 July 8, Kevin McGuire, “Anyone Play Magic and mayhem...anyone??”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic (Usenet), archived from the original on 05 Dec 2025
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    problem with griffs is that they r tooo weak to take a town by itself, cuz they take forever and by the time they r finished with a building, the enm has already got together some defense and is ready to kick the griffs a**....

    1997 October 22, Ratty, “How to handle against human submarines?”, in alt.games.warcraft (Usenet), archived from the original on 05 Dec 2025

    Diff griffs con differently. Next time one flies righ^([sic]) over you, /con it to see how it sees you. Some con "ready to attack" to me and some /con "Indifferently" and anywhere in between.

    1999 June 22, Riprock, “Griffins confuse me”, in alt.games.everquest (Usenet), archived from the original on 05 Dec 2025
  2. Indiagriffin, (white) newcomer

griff2

noungriff (plural griffs)

plural griffs

  1. obsoletegrasp; reach

    A vaine of gold ore within one spades griffe in the first turfe of the ground

    1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC
  2. businessAn arrangement of parallel bars for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods.

griff3

noungriff (uncountable)

alternative grefa · alternative griefo · alternative griefs · alternative grifa · alternative griffa · alternative griffo

  1. colloquialslanguncountablemarijuana.

Griff4

proper noun
  1. A male given name.

Origin

griff · noun

Shortened from earlier griffin.

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APA

griff. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/griff

MLA

“griff.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/griff. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “griff,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/griff.

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