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BOFFO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does boffo mean?
• BOFFO (adjective)
The adjective BOFFO has 1 sense:
1. resoundingly successful and popular
Familiarity information: BOFFO used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resoundingly successful and popular
Context example:
for years he was a boffo box office certainty
Similar:
successful (having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome)
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