noun
toffee
TO-fee
noun
1
A chewy sweet made by boiling sugar and butter (or milk) until it hardens on cooling.
"Grandma always made toffee at Christmas."
2
British slang for a supporter of Everton Football Club.
"The Toffees celebrated the late winning goal."
How to Use Toffee
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA hard, chewy sugar-and-butter sweet; in British football slang, also a nickname for Everton fans.
Common pairings
toffee apple
sticky toffee pudding
Word Forms
toffeed past tense, toffees plural, Toffees plural, toffees singular
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Etymology
An altered form of the word "taffy."