present participle of gaffle

A planning technique for orienteering relay courses whereby individual routes are planned so as to vary slightly and to make following difficult. This means that the competition depends more on navigational skills rather than just physical ability.

(obsolete) A lever used to bend a crossbow. / A steel spur attached to a gamecock (sometimes used figuratively).

To equip with a gaffle or similar weapon.

To grab or seize / To get hold of, to find. / To arrest for criminal activity. / To steal / To swindle or bully (someone) / To talk without a purpose, usually about inane or pointless topics; to babble.

plural of gaffle

simple past tense and past participle of gaffle