baff (baf)

i. [Sc., also beff. Cf. OF. baffe, a blow with the back of the hand: see baffle.] To beat; strike; specifically, in the game of golf, to hit the ground with the club when strikbaff2 (baf), n. [Sc.: see the verb.] A blow; ing at the ball. [Scotch.] [F., He seems most to have indulged himself only in an ele gant badinage. =Syn, Raillery, banter. War burton .