noun
- a male given name, form of Jeffrey.
verb (tr) Australian slang
- to downsize or close down (an organization)
- to reduce (staff numbers) or dismiss (an employee)
- to spoil or destroy ruthlessly
shortened or familiar form of masc. proper name Jeffrey; in early to mid-20c., sometimes used by U.S. blacks to indicate a Southern white hick, probably from Jeff Davis, president of the Confederate States of America.