taffy

Noun

Meaning

A kind of candy made of molasses or brown sugar boiled down and poured out in shallow pans.

Flattery; soft phrases.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

goody nougat blarney welshman lollipop mallow mint plum fudge lozenge peppermint liquorice sweet acclaim chocolate
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Antonyms

attack opposition criticism abuse contempt complaint
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Hypernyms

candy confect

Hyponyms

molasses taffy

Phrases with the word

taffy apple maple taffy laffy taffy

Examples

Love can smack you like a seagull, and pour all over your feet like junkmail. You can't be ready for such a thing any more than salt water taffy gets you ready for the ocean. Daniel Handler

You see a guy with one leg, he's got a story. "Land mine '69." You see a guy with one arm, he's got a story, too. "Snow blower, bottle of whiskey." You see a guy with one tooth, what would the story be? "Well, uh, I like a lot of taffy." Dave Attell

It's strange how memory gets twisted and pulled like taffy in its retelling, how a single event can mean something different to everyone present. Lisa Unger

All those years ago, while my grandmother was in a shop buying saltwater taffy, my father wandered down the boardwalk and would up in front of an old palm reader. Source: Internet

Balvin is a sweetly elegiac singer — see especially “Azul,” where he stretches out soft vowels like taffy — but his rapping is largely blank. Source: Internet

His have a tendency to show him thick as a brick, stretching credulity like taffy. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

taffia taffrail taffrail log taffy apple taffy pull taffylike