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toffy

toffy

5.3
A sweet made by boiling sugar and butter until it becomes hard
  • noun
  • /ˈtɔfi/
  • UK
translation icon : toffee
  • She made homemade toffy for the school bake sale.

Examples

  • The old-fashioned shop sells toffy in many different flavors.

  • I bought some delicious toffy at the fair.

  • Children love to chew on sticky toffy during the holidays.

  • These toffies are my favorite candy!

  • Children love to chew on sticky toffy during the holidays.

  • She made homemade toffy for the school bake sale.

  • The old-fashioned shop sells toffy in many different flavors.

Synonyms

toffee
vstoffy
15 1.9

A hard, chewy sweet made by boiling sugar and butter

forms hard thin sheets when cooled rather than staying chewy
brittle
vstoffy
2 4.2

A thin hard sweet made from melted sugar and nuts

is made by boiling sugar with butter and then cooling to harden

Compounds

toffy demeanor
  • Offensive
9.9

Acting like a rich person to seem better than others

How Chewy

toffy
  • UK
5.3
caramel
37 1.3
fudge
92 1.0
hard candy
  • US
7 1.0

Surface Forms

toffy singular
toffies plural

Etymology

Toffy is a form of toffee and is like the chewy sweet taffy, so think of it as boiled sugar and butter cooled into sticky, thin sheets — a 'chewy candy'.