toffee

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈtɒfi/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈtɔfi, ˈtɑfi/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(tô′fē, tof′ē)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
tof•fee or tof•fy /ˈtɔfi, ˈtɑfi/USA pronunciation   n., pl. -fees or -fies.  
  1. Fooda hard, brittle candy made by boiling together brown sugar, butter, and vinegar: [uncountable]pieces of toffee sticking to his teeth.[countable]a plate of wrapped toffees.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
tof•fee  (tô′fē, tof′ē),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Foodtaffy.
Also, tof′fy. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
toffee, toffy / ˈtɒfɪ/ ( -fees, -fies)
  1. a sweet made from sugar or treacle boiled with butter, nuts, etc
  2. for toffee ⇒ (preceded by can't) to be incompetent at a specified activity: he can't sing for toffee
Etymology: 19th Century: variant of earlier taffy
'toffee' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
butterscotch - cinder toffee - hokey-pokey - lollipop - taffy - toffee-apple - toffee-nosed

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