gaffle

US: (gaf′əl)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

gaf•fle  (gaf′əl), v., -fled, -fling. [New England] (chiefly Maine).
v.t. 

1. Dialect Terms to take hold of;
   seize.

v.i. 

2. Dialect Terms to take as one's own (used in the phrase gaffle on to):
   I'm going to gaffle on to that last piece of pie.

• perh. blend of, blended gaff¹ and grapple 1930–35