gaffer
IPA: gˈæfɝ
noun
- (film) A chief lighting technician for a motion-picture or television production.
- A glassblower.
- (colloquial) An old man.
- (UK, informal) The leader of a group or team, such as a boss, foreman, coach, or publican.
- A sailor.
- (Canada) The baby in the house.
- A surname.
Examples of "gaffer" in Sentences
- Gaffer and Tetley go back a long way.
- Gaffer used the first cube shaped lighting balloon.
- He then used gaffer tape to hold the new door into place.
- They must not have asked their gaffer if it were possible.
- Is that ok with you, you seem to be the gaffer round here.
- It's a chance to play and a chance to impress the gaffer here.
- Peckinpah has a cameo as a sound gaffer during an interview scene.
- The Screaming Gaffers win, due to the DJ and Chef Hatchet alliance.
- Gaffer is a traditional British English word for an older man or boss.
- It is named for the gaffer, the head of the lighting department on a film crew.