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Definitions of gaffle:
  • noun:   (obsolete) A lever used to bend a crossbow.
  • noun:   A steel spur attached to a gamecock (sometimes used figuratively).
  • noun:   (historical, artillery) A portable fork of iron or wood in which the heavy musket formerly in use was rested that it might be accurately aimed and fired.
  • verb:   To equip with a gaffle or similar weapon.
  • verb:   To grab or seize
  • verb:   To get hold of, to find.
  • verb:   To arrest for criminal activity.
  • verb:   To steal
  • verb:   To swindle or bully (someone)
  • verb:   To talk without a purpose, usually about inane or pointless topics; to babble.

(Definitions from Wiktionary)

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