tip the gaff

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To give away how a magic trick is accomplished.
    — Penn and Teller see their style as rejecting the assumption that “the people in the audience are ignorant savages who will fall at our feet and worship us for performing supernatural miracles.” Penn may enjoy describing the “Penn & Teller” approach to magic as tipping the gaff...
  2. To reveal a disguise or something hidden.
    — 1914: The Smart Set: A Magazine of Cleverness, Volume 42, "The Parasite" by George Bronson-Howard Lady! She couldn't disguise herself as a lady with that Slavonic map of hers tipping the gaff, and those heavy hoofs of hers.

词形变化

tips the gaff present,singular,third-person tipping the gaff participle,present tipped the gaff participle,past tipped the gaff past
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