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Slang A line in a play or film, for example, that elicits a big laugh: "He doesn't go for the big boffs, artificially inflated, but lets his comedy build through a leisurely accumulation of bizarre details” ( Vincent Canby).
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Slang A big laugh.
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Slang A conspicuous success. Also called boffo, boffola.
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To have sexual intercourse with.
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To engage in sexual intercourse.
(verb-intransitive)
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