1. n. & v.
--n.
1. a a stick with an iron hook for landing large fish. b a barbed fishing-spear.
2 a spar to which the head of a fore-and-aft sail is bent.
--v.tr. seize (a fish) with a gaff.
Etymology: ME f. Prov. gaf hook 2. n. Brit. sl.
Phrases and idioms:
blow the gaff let out a plot or secret.
Etymology: 19th c., nonsense: orig. unkn.