plural taffies
1
: a boiled candy usually of sugar, molasses or corn syrup, butter, and often vinegar and vanilla that is pulled until porous and glossy
2
: insincere flattery
Examples of taffy in a Sentence
the magazine's profiles of showbiz celebrities tend to be pure taffy
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Someone is then shot with a harpoon, only to have their guts pulled like taffy from the wound.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2025
Boucher was on the hunt for Abba-Zaba, a chewy taffy bar with a real peanut butter center.
—Jessica Ma, Sacramento Bee, 20 July 2024
The texture ranges in consistency from an oil-like substance to a syrupy sap or even a sticky taffy.
—Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2024
The Hunter, by Tana French Tana French stretches the tension – and the mystery genre – like taffy in her return to the ethically murky Irish village of Ardnakelty.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Mar. 2024
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2025
Boucher was on the hunt for Abba-Zaba, a chewy taffy bar with a real peanut butter center.
—Jessica Ma, Sacramento Bee, 20 July 2024
The texture ranges in consistency from an oil-like substance to a syrupy sap or even a sticky taffy.
—Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2024
The Hunter, by Tana French Tana French stretches the tension – and the mystery genre – like taffy in her return to the ethically murky Irish village of Ardnakelty.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Mar. 2024
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“Taffy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/taffy. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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taffy
noun
taf·fy
ˈtaf-ē 
plural taffies
: a candy usually of molasses or brown sugar boiled and pulled until soft and chewy
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