GONIFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does goniff mean? 

• GONIFF (noun)
  The noun GONIFF has 1 sense:

1. (Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse)

  Familiarity information: GONIFF used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GONIFF (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

ganef; ganof; gonif; goniff

Hypernyms ("goniff" is a kind of...):

offender; wrongdoer (a person who transgresses moral or civil law)

Domain category:

Yiddish (a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script)