knuff
/nʌf/obsolete
knuff is spelled K-N-U-F-F: 5 letters. As a noun, knuff means “A lout, rogue or rustic person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of knuff is knuffs.
How many letters and syllables are in knuff?
| Letters | 5: K-N-U-F-F |
|---|---|
| In writing | too rare for the frequency list |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce knuff?
- /nʌf/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of knuff
- gnuff
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does knuff mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteA lout, rogue or rustic person.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does knuff come from?
Compare Old English cnof (“a churl”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).