Taffy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A sweet, chewy candy of molasses or brown sugar boiled until very thick and then pulled with the hands or by machine until the candy is glossy and holds its shape.
  • n. Informal Flattery.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A soft, chewy candy made from boiled molasses or brown sugar.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A kind of candy made of molasses or brown sugar boiled down and poured out in shallow pans.
  • n. Flattery; soft phrases.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A coarse kind of candy, made of sugar or molasses boiled down and then cooled in shallow pans, often mixed with the meats of various kinds of nuts, as almonds, etc.
  • n. Hence Crude compliment or flattery; cajolery; blarney; soft soap.
  • To give taffy to; prevail upon by means of flattery: as, he was taffied into yielding.
  • n. A Welshman.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. chewy candy of sugar or syrup boiled until thick and pulled until glossy
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    candy    confect   
    Variant
    toffy   
    Hyponym
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    flattery   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Daffy    chaffy    daffy   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    circumfluous    crud    infusorial    unaudited    rashly    overripe    unplucked    licker    creamiest    biscotti