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.
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Examples of "gaffer" in Sentences
- Gaffer and Tetley go back a long way.
- Gaffer used the first cube shaped lighting balloon.
- 'The gaffer was a centre-half and he wasn't bad, was he?
- 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.
- I don't think "gaffer" fits the "respectful form of address to a professional".
- That same night Robert went to call on the "gaffer," Black Jock, and as he neared the door he met Mysie Maitland.
- If you've ever watched the credits of a movie you've seen the word "gaffer"---he's the head electrictian on the set.
- "scorchio" at 1300, and our gaffer is a powerful right-handed all-rounder from Preston who can turn a game with bat or ball.
- The gaffer was a centrehalf and he wasn't bad was he That was a big thing for me hopefully he can make me into a better player.
- Mr. Chihuly called Mr. Rubino a "gaffer," a term for a glassblower who labors around a furnace at the instruction of an artist.
- I've never heard (or at least never noticed) the word gaffer before and I think I'm probably more familiar with British forms than most Americans (not saying much).
- If you're the kind of movie-goer who stays reading end credits until you're playing footsie with the usher, you have probably wondered: "What does a 'gaffer' do?" or, "Who's the 'best boy'?"