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Jeff

[ jef ]

noun

  1. a male given name, form of Jeffrey.


jeff

/ ɛ /

verb

  1. to downsize or close down (an organization)
  2. to reduce (staff numbers) or dismiss (an employee)
  3. to spoil or destroy ruthlessly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Jeff1

C20: named after Jeff Kennett, former premier of the state of Victoria, Australia
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Example Sentences

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When Jeff Metcalf, the victim's father, called Lang during the rally, the former inmate now running for State Secretary Marco Rubio's Florida Senate seat, got visibly excited.

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Will Cain of Fox News has been hyping this story relentlessly, even featuring a conservative commentator Brandon Tatum warning that this is about an "underbelly of racism" he claims is "perpetuated by Black people" and hosting Austin Metcalf's mother and twin bother one day after his killing to publicly reject Jeff Metcalf's plea for grace.

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When Anthony's parents had a likely ill-advised press conference last week, asking people to leave them alone, Jeff Metcalf showed up and had to be escorted out by police.

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Lang did not react well to Jeff Metcalf telling him to step off.

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Philip Anderson, another pardoned Jan. 6 defendant who has joined up with the "Protect White Americans" stunt, called Jeff Metcalf the P-word on X. Apparently, grieving fathers aren't on the list of white people Lang wishes to "protect," unless they agree with his racist campaign.

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