Gaff may refer to:

Ankle-worn devices

* Spurs in variations of cockfighting * Climbing spikes used to ascend wood poles, such as

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Arts and entertainment

* A character in the ''Blade Runner'' film franchise *

Penny gaff A penny gaff was a form of popular entertainment for the lower classes in 19th-century England. It consisted of short, theatrical entertainments which could be staged wherever space permitted, such as the back room of a public house or small hal ...

, a 19th-century English variety show * A magician's trick prop, such as a fake sword, used to imitate

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* A character in the ''

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'' animated series

Pole-shaped devices

Fishing gaff In fishing, a gaff is a handheld pole with a sharp hook or sideway spike on the distal end, which is used to swing and stab into the body of a large fish like a pickaxe (ideally, the tip of the hook/spike is placed under the fish's backbone) an ...

, a pole used in fishing *

Gaff rig Gaff rig is a sailing rig (configuration of sails, mast and stays) in which the sail is four-cornered, fore-and-aft rigged, controlled at its peak and, usually, its entire head by a spar (pole) called the ''gaff''. Because of the size and sh ...

, a fore-and-aft sailing arrangement in which the sail is held up by a spar called a gaff *

Hakapik A hakapik () is a club, of Norwegian design, similar to a fishing gaff, used for killing and moving seals. The hakapik is a multipurpose hunting tool—a heavy wooden club, with a hammer head (used to crush a seal's skull), and a hook (used to ...

, or gaff, used as a seal-hunting weapon

Other uses

Operation Gaff During World War II, Operation Gaff was the parachuting of a six-man patrol of Special Air Service commandos into German-occupied France on Tuesday 25 July 1944, with the aim of killing or kidnapping German field marshal Erwin Rommel. From March ...

, 1944 military mission of assassination *

Gaff (clothing) A gaff is a piece of fabric, usually augmented by an elastic such as a rubber band, that is designed to reduce the bulge of external genitals and make the groin appear smoother and flatter. It is usually worn by people who were assigned male a ...

, an item worn as means of concealing genitalia *

Gaff (surname) Gaff is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Andrew Gaff (born 1992), Australian rules footballer * Brent Gaff (born 1958), American baseball player * Jerry G. Gaff (born 20th century), American educational scholar * John Gaf ...

, for people with the surname * GAFF or "generalized

AMBER Amber is fossilized tree resin. Examples of it have been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since the Neolithic times, and worked as a gemstone since antiquity."Amber" (2004). In Maxine N. Lurie and Marc Mappen (eds.) ''Encyclopedia ...

force field", a set of parameters used in simulating the interactions of small organic molecules

Ankle-worn devices

Arts and entertainment

Pole-shaped devices

Other uses

See also