guff

noun

ˈgəf 

1

: nonsense, humbug

2

: verbal abuse

doesn't take any guff

Synonyms of guff

• nonsense
• rubbish
• garbage
• nuts
• silliness
• blah
• stupidity
• drool

Examples of guff in a Sentence

His latest book has a lot of guff about conspiracies of one kind or another.

His friends have given him a lot of guff about his hair.

She doesn't take guff from anybody.

Recent Examples on the Web

But she's also just wrapped filming another movie for Netflix that will find her buff and taking no guff. — Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 3 July 2025

Don Shula is spinning in his grave; that or enduring a lot of guff from old football colleagues up in heaven. — Miami Herald, 28 Dec. 2025

This book exists, in other words, in order for Karp to have written a book … The book is filled with this sort of sanctimonious guff. — Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025

Wyck is obviously Widow’s Bay’s Quint, the veteran sea salt who takes no guff, drinks too much, and selflessly puts his life on the line. — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 15 June 2026

Word History

Etymology

probably imitative

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for guff

• buff
• cuff
• duff
• fluff
• gruff
• hough
• huff
• luff
• muff
• puff
• rough
• ruff