5 Letter Words Ending in F

aloof

Adjective : Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish.

Verb : Without sympathy; unfavorably.

Verb : At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.

scoff

Verb : (intransitive) To jeer; to laugh with contempt and derision.

Verb : (transitive) To mock; to treat with scorn.

Noun : A derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.

chuff

Verb : (intransitive) To make noisy puffing sounds, as of a steam locomotive.

Verb : (British, slang) To break wind.

Noun : A noisy puffing sound.

grief

Noun : Emotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.

Noun : (countable) A cause or instance of sorrow or pain; that which afflicts or distresses; a trial.

Noun : Suffering, hardship.

stiff

Adjective : (of an object) Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.

Adjective : (figurative, of policies and rules and their application and enforcement) Inflexible; rigid.

Adjective : (of a person) Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.

gruff

Adjective : having a rough, surly, and harsh demeanor and nature.

Adjective : hoarse-voiced.

Adjective : hoarse.

whiff

Noun : A brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air; a waft.

Noun : A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially when accompanied by smoke from a cigarette or pipe.

Noun : An odour (usually unpleasant) carried briefly through the air.

motif

Noun : A recurring or dominant element; an artistic theme.

Noun : A decorative figure that is repeated in a design or pattern.

Noun : (music) A short melodic or lyrical passage that is repeated in several parts of a work.

brief

Adjective : Of short duration; happening quickly.

Adjective : Concise; taking few words.

Adjective : Occupying a small distance, area or spatial extent; short.

bluff

Noun : (countable or uncountable) An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one’s position in order to intimidate or deceive; braggadocio.

Noun : (poker, countable or uncountable) An attempt to represent oneself as holding a stronger hand than one actually does.

Verb : (poker) To make a bluff; to give the impression that one’s hand is stronger than it is.

snuff

Noun : Finely ground or pulverized tobacco (or other plant derivative) intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.

Noun : Fine-ground or minced tobacco, dry or moistened, intended for use by placing a pinch behind the lip or beneath the tongue.

Noun : A snort or sniff of fine-ground, powdered, or pulverized tobacco.

spoof

Noun : (countable) An act of deception; a hoax; a joking prank.

Noun : (countable) A light parody.

Noun : (computing) A cyberattack involving deception via impersonated identities; a digital asset used in such an attack.

chaff

Noun : The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.

Noun : (figurative) Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless.

Noun : Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.

chief

Noun : The leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group.

Adjective : Primary; principal.

Noun : (uncountable, only with "in") Headship, the status of being a chief or leader.

quiff

Noun : (UK) A hairstyle whereby the forelock is brushed and/or gelled upward, often associated with the styles of the 1950s.

Verb : (UK) To arrange (the hair) in such a manner.

Noun : (slang) A young girl, especially as promiscuous; a prostitute.

proof

Noun : (uncountable) The degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments which induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration.

Noun : (countable) An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.

Noun : The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness which resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies.

wharf

Noun : (nautical) An artificial landing place for ships on a riverbank or shore.

Verb : (transitive) To place on a wharf.

Verb : (transitive) To secure by a wharf.

stuff

Noun : (informal) Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.

Noun : (informal) Unspecified things or matters.

Noun : The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.

staff

Noun : (plural staff or staffs) The employees of a business.

Noun : (plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.

Noun : (music, plural staffs or staves) A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave.

scarf

Noun : A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.

Noun : A headscarf.

Noun : (dated) A neckcloth or cravat.

alief

Noun : (philosophy, psychology) A primitive, subconscious belieflike attitude which may contradict one's conscious beliefs.

dwarf

Noun : (now sometimes offensive) A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with typical adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.

Noun : An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort.

Noun : (mythology) Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.

quaff

Verb : To drink or imbibe with vigour or relish; to drink copiously; to swallow in large draughts.

Noun : The act of quaffing; a deep draught.

Noun : Misspelling of coif. [A hairdo.]

whuff

Noun : A blowing or puffing noise.

Verb : To make a blowing or puffing noise.

Noun : Alternative form of woof (“dog's bark”). [(weaving) The set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp; the weft.]

fluff

Noun : Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.

Noun : Anything inconsequential or superficial.

Noun : (informal) A lapse or mistake, especially a mistake in an actor's lines.

sheaf

Noun : A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.

Noun : Any collection of things bound together.

Noun : A bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer.

skiff

Noun : A small flat-bottomed open boat with a pointed bow and square stern.

Noun : Any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person.

Verb : (nautical, transitive) To navigate in a skiff.

gliff

Noun : (Scotland, archaic) A quick glance.

Noun : (Scotland, archaic) An unexpected view of something startling.

Noun : (Scotland, archaic) A sudden fright.

spaff

Verb : (ambitransitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate (on or in).

Noun : (slang, vulgar) Ejaculate, semen.

Verb : (transitive, slang, vulgar) To waste (resources); splurge.

sniff

Verb : (ambitransitive) To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as when smelling something.

Verb : (transitive) To say (something) while sniffing, such as in case of illness or unhappiness, or in contempt.

Verb : (intransitive) To pry; to investigate in an interfering manner.

scuff

Verb : To scrape and roughen the surface of (shoes, etc.)

Verb : To scrape the feet while walking.

Verb : To hit lightly, to brush against.

snarf

Verb : (transitive, slang) To eat or consume greedily.

Verb : (transitive, slang) To take something by dubious means, but without the connotations of stealing; to take something without regard to etiquette.

Verb : (transitive, slang, computing) To slurp (computing slang sense); to load in entirely; to copy as a whole.

as if

spiff

Verb : (transitive, informal) (usually with up or out) To make spiffy (attractive, polished, or up-to-date)

Noun : (uncountable) Attractiveness or charm in dress, appearance, or manner.

Noun : (countable, commerce, slang) A bonus or other remuneration, given for reaching a sales goal or promoting the goods of a particular manufacturer. Originally from textile retailing, a percentage given for selling off surplus or out-of-fashion stock, of which the sales person could offer part as a discount to a customer.

sluff

Verb : to avoid working

Verb : ignore, shrug (off)

Verb : (transitive, Utah, Idaho) To play truant from (school).

go off

Verb : (intransitive) To explode.

Verb : (intransitive) To fire, especially accidentally.

Verb : (intransitive, figurative) To explode metaphorically; to become very angry or overexcited.

redif

Noun : A reserve force in the Turkish army, or a soldier of the reserve.

queef

Noun : (vulgar, slang) An emission of air from the vagina, especially when audible; vaginal flatulence.

Verb : (vulgar, intransitive, slang) To produce an emission of air from the vagina.

Noun : (vulgar, slang) A contemptible person.

gnoff

Noun : (obsolete) A churl; a curmudgeon; boor; lout.

shelf

Noun : A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk, etc., and used to display, store, or support objects.

Noun : The capacity of such an object

Noun : A projecting ledge that resembles such an object.

cliff

Noun : A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.

Noun : (figurative) A point beyond which something abruptly fails or decreases in value, performance, etc.

Noun : A diminutive of the male given name Clifford or Clifton.

swarf

Noun : (uncountable) The waste chips or shavings from an abrasive activity, such as metalworking, a saw cutting wood, or the use of a grindstone or whetstone.

Noun : (countable) A particular waste chip or shaving.

Verb : (transitive) To grind down.

griff

Noun : A male given name.

Noun : (India) griffin, (white) newcomer

Noun : (colloquial, slang) marijuana.

smurf

Noun : (comics, fiction) A blue pixie with a white stocking cap, from the media franchise The Smurfs.

Noun : (Internet slang) A smurf account or its user.

Verb : (slang) Used to replace any other verb, as is typical of smurfs.

pluff

Noun : (Scotland) A puff of smoke or dust.

Verb : (Scotland) To throw out, as smoke, dust, etc., in puffs.

Verb : To dust or to puff with smoke.

triff

Adjective : (UK, slang) terrific; wonderful

calif

Noun : Alternative spelling of caliph. [The holder of a monarchical title based on a claim to be a successor of Muhammad.]

kloof

Noun : (South Africa) A deep glen or ravine.

undef

Adjective : (programming) Abbreviation of undefined. [Lacking a definition or value.]

bumpf

Noun : Alternative spelling of bumf. [(derogatory) Useless papers; now especially official documents, standardized forms, sales and marketing print material, etc.]

theef

Noun : Obsolete spelling of thief. [One who carries out a theft.]

alouf

cheif

Noun : Obsolete spelling of chief. [The leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group.]

floof

Noun : (Internet slang, countable, endearing) A long-haired dog, cat, or similar furry pet animal.

Noun : (Internet slang, uncountable, endearing) The fur of such an animal.

Noun : (Internet slang, uncountable, endearing) Hair that looks fluffy, like fur from such an animal.

thief

Noun : One who steals another person's property, especially by stealth and without using force or violence.

Noun : One who carries out a theft.

Noun : (obsolete) A waster in the snuff of a candle.

scurf

Noun : The flakes of skin that fall off as a result of a skin disease.

Noun : Any crust-like formations on the skin, or in general.

Noun : A skin disease.

decaf

Noun : (informal) A decaffeinated coffee, tea, or soft drink.

Adjective : That has caffeine removed.

pilaf

Noun : A dish made by browning grain, typically rice, in oil and then cooking it with a seasoned broth, to which meat and/or vegetables may be added.

banff

Noun : A town in Alberta, Canada.

Noun : A town in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, and the former county town of Banffshire.

wolof

Noun : The language traditionally spoken by those people.

Noun : A West African people, mostly in Senegal.

Noun : An individual member of the Wolof people.

ganef

Noun : (slang, derogatory) A thief; a rascal or scoundrel.

indef

Noun : (Wikimedia jargon, Internet slang) The action of blocking or banning a user, account, or IP address from editing or other actions for an indefinite length of time.

Verb : (Wikimedia jargon, Internet slang) To block or ban a user, account, or IP address from editing or other actions for an indefinite length of time.

Adjective : Abbreviation of indefinite. [Without limit; forever, or until further notice; not definite.]

snoff

Noun : (obsolete, mining) A short candle end used for igniting a fuse.

najaf

Noun : A city in south-central Iraq.

ganof

Noun : Alternative form of ganef. [(slang, derogatory) A thief; a rascal or scoundrel.]

nroff

Verb : (transitive, computing) To format (text) using the nroff program, which produces output suitable for simple fixed-width printers and terminal windows.

quoif

Noun : Obsolete form of coif. [A hairdo.]

shilf

Noun : (dialect) Coarse shale or slate fragments.

Noun : (obsolete) straw or reeds.

knopf

Noun : A surname from German.

manuf

Noun : Abbreviation of manufacture. [The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale.]

blaff

Verb : (obsolete) to bark

greif

pfaff

Noun : A surname from German.

Verb : (British, slang) Alternative spelling of faff. [(British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) To waste time on an unproductive activity.]

flarf

Noun : An avant-garde poetry movement of the early 21st century, rejecting conventional standards of quality and exploring atypical subject matter and tone.

murff

Noun : A surname.

treff

Noun : (espionage) A covert meeting.

cr lf

kampf

swerf

Noun : (see usage notes) A sex worker-exclusionary radical feminist; a feminist who opposes the sex industry, particularly the production and distribution of pornography, typically viewing it as coercive or abusive of the women involved.

Noun : Alternative letter-case form of SWERF. [(see usage notes) A sex worker-exclusionary radical feminist; a feminist who opposes the sex industry, particularly the production and distribution of pornography, typically viewing it as coercive or abusive of the women involved.]

raouf

Noun : an Arabic name originating from the Arabic word rauf meaning compassionate.

rieff

Noun : A surname.

gnaff

Noun : Any small or stunted object.

radif

Noun : The word which must end both lines of the first couplet and the second line of all the following couplets in a Persian, Turkic or Urdu ghazal.

tharf

Adjective : (obsolete, regional British) Stiff, unsocial, rough in manner.

aloaf

asnef

carif

cicaf

oliff

snoof

Verb : To sniff around, usually in the search for food.

Adjective : (humorous, nonstandard) Having lost the sense of smell.

stavf

talif

ganif

Noun : Alternative form of ganef. [(slang, derogatory) A thief; a rascal or scoundrel.]

serif

Adjective : (typography) Of a typeface, provided with serifs.

Noun : (typography) A short line added to the end of a stroke in traditional typefaces, such as Times New Roman.

feoff

Noun : (law) A fief.

Verb : (law) To enfeoff.

c clef

Noun : (music) A clef, 𝄡, indicating the position of one-lined C on a staff.

kalif

Noun : A rank in the Ku Klux Klan

Noun : Alternative spelling of caliph. [The holder of a monarchical title based on a claim to be a successor of Muhammad.]

kenaf

Noun : The fibre obtained from this plant, similar to jute.

Noun : Hibiscus cannabinus, an annual or biennial herbaceous plant found mainly in Asia.

g clef

Noun : (music) A clef indicating the position of one-lined G (g′ or G4) on a staff.

gonif

Noun : Alternative form of ganef. [(slang, derogatory) A thief; a rascal or scoundrel.]

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