beffa — meaning in English

English meaning

• device noun A piece of equipment, especially electronic or mechanical, built to perform a specific job.
• frolic verb To play or move about happily and without restraint.
• jeer noun A rude comment made to make fun of someone.
• prank noun A playful trick or joke played on someone, usually harmless.

Senses

beffa is used for these senses in English:

• device A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice. 1602, Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor. "This is our device,/ That Falstaff at that oak shall meet with us."
• frolic Gaiety; merriment. [from 1610s]
• jeer A mocking remark or reflection.
• jiggery-pokery Trickery or misrepresentation.
• prank A practical joke or mischievous trick.

device — full definition

1. noun A piece of equipment, especially electronic or mechanical, built to perform a specific job.
2. noun A scheme or trick, often meant to deceive or gain advantage.
3. noun A technique a writer or speaker uses deliberately to create an effect, such as a rhetorical or literary device.

frolic — full definition

1. verb To play or move about happily and without restraint.
2. noun Playful, carefree activity or fun.

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