Meaning & use
Boffs
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Informal, chiefly theatrical: big laughs from an audience, or a performance, joke, or show that proves a resounding hit.
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The comedian's opening lines got instant boffs from the crowd.
Critics called the new musical a boff, with sold-out houses every night.
A note on using this word
"Boff" was common in mid-20th-century show-business slang, especially in trade publications like Variety, to describe a joke or act that lands extremely well.
Words with a similar meaning
laughshits
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Words with an opposite meaning
flops
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