Definition of Straff

1. to bombard [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: bombard

Lexicographical Neighbors of Straff

straddled
straddler
straddlers
straddles
straddling
stradiot
stradiots
strads
strae
straes
strafe
strafed
strafer
strafers
strafes
straff (current term)
straffed
straffing
straffs
strafing
strag
straggle
straggled
straggler
stragglers
straggles
stragglier
straggliest
straggliness
straggling

Literary usage of Straff

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biologisches Zentralblatt by Isidor Rosenthal, Georg Thieme (1896)
"Männer Weiber Schnurrbart . . . schwarz, straff, spärlich, schwarz, rauh, ... Jahr ab grau. jähr) auf, wird fast nie grau Bart schwarz, straff u. schlicht, ..."

2. Lean's Collectanea by Vincent Stuckey Lean, Julia Lucy Woodward (1902)
"straff. la prima citta del mondo.—straff. bella e sua popolazione cortese.—straff. pare caduta dal cielo.—straff. un pezzo di cielo caduto in terra. ..."

3. Browning's England: A Study of English Influences in Browning by Helen Archibald Clarke (1908)
"straff ord. No, no! Tis here, not daring if you knew? all here! ... Stay — stay, straff ord! strafford. Shell return, The Queen — some little project of her ..."

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