The Gaelic language of Scotland, spoken primarily in the northern and western parts of the country, with important communities in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Scottish Gaelic had its widest influence between 800 and 1200 C.E., as place names throughout Scotland attest.

A tool consisting of a large metal hook with a handle or pole, especially the one used to pull large fish aboard a boat. / A minor error or faux pas, a gaffe. / A trick or con.

To use a gaff, especially to land a fish. / To cheat or hoax. / (transitive) To doctor or modify for deceptive purposes. / (slang) To gamble.

Rough or harsh treatment; criticism. / (dated) An outcry; nonsense.

(Ireland; Britain, especially Manchester, Cockney and Glaswegian; slang) A place of residence. / (UK, slang, dated) A disreputable, low-end theatre.

(informal, uncountable) Clipping of gaffer tape.

(humorous) A notional space monster invoked to explain the high failure rate of probes sent to Mars.

An exclamatory interjection roughly equivalent to by God, goodness gracious, for goodness' sake.

(intransitive) To move from one location to another in an apparently random and frivolous manner.

One who roams about idly; a gadabout.