guff, v.¹ — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

guff v.¹

1. (US) to chat.

1890		Overland Monthly (CA) Feb. 182: Go long wi’ yer guffin now, John Goggin [...] I’d ’ave none o’ yer guffin w’en the girls are haround.
1899–1900		C.L. Cullen Tales of the Ex-Tanks 109: He guffed with me for a while, asked me if I ever drank.
1957		(con. 1944) A. Myrer Big War 355: He’d been guffing away in English.

2. (Aus.) to fool, to deceive.

1908		Sun. Times (Perth) 12 Jan. 4/7: ‘Almost persuaded’ was someone of old / Who guffed when his game was to grab it.
1924		G.H. Lawson Dict. of Aus. Words And Terms 🌐 GUFFED—Deceived.

guff off (v.) [? dial. guff, to talk nonsense, to babble]

1. (Aus.) to shirk, to act lazily.

2002

Larry’s Aussie Sl. and Phrase Dict. 🌐 Guffing off someone who is lazy.

2. to talk nonsense.

2016

Guardian CiF 17 Nov. 🌐 An over-privileged wideboy guffing off secure in the knowledge that your background insulates you from the consequences .