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")