biff

1. 1.

   strike, usually with the fist

   “The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators”

   Synonymspummelpommel

   Broaderhit

Other forms of biff

plural

biffs·

past tense

biffed·

present participle

biffing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about biff

What does biff mean?

biff means "(boxing) a blow with the fist". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in biff?

biff has 1 syllable: biff. In IPA it is /ˈbɪf/.

What is another word for biff?

Close synonyms include punch, clout, poke, lick, slug. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is biff a common word?

biff is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.