Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun goffer

3 senses of goffer

Sense 1
goffer, gopher -- (a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman))
       => eager beaver, busy bee, live wire, sharpie, sharpy -- (an alert and energetic person)

Sense 2
goffer, gauffer, goffering iron, gauffering iron -- (an iron used to press pleats and ridges)
       => iron, smoothing iron -- (home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth)

Sense 3
goffer, gauffer -- (an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats)
       => frill, flounce, ruffle, furbelow -- (a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb goffer

1 sense of goffer

Sense 1
gauffer, goffer -- (make wavy with a heated goffering iron; "goffer the trim of the dress")
       => wave -- (set waves in; "she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair")

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