Meanings
verbguff off (third-person singular simple present guffs off, present participle guffing off, simple past and past participle guffed off)
present singular third person guffs off · participle present guffing off · participle past guffed off · past guffed off
- AustraliaslangTo waste time; to shirk at work.
[…] those who were guffing off at work .
2007, Satya V. Sood, Victoria's Tin Dragon: A Railway that Built a Nation, page 562 more examples
Tom Berenger just walked away when Richard did his thing, guffing off every which way .
1990, Michael Feeney Callan, Richard Harris: A Sporting Life, page 199We could play basket ball, ping pong, board games. Or just guff off.
2015, Amber Shields, Running into the Arms of Love
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Chicago
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