adjective

• 1Northern English (of the weather or a place) uncomfortably or oppressively hot.

  ‘it's reet mafting tonight—proper sticky!’

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  • ‘anyone been struggling lately in this mafting weather?’
  • ‘I swear every room in this house has secret AC except mine which is always mafting’

  1. 1.1(of a person) feeling uncomfortably hot.
     More example sentences

     • ‘both my bedroom windows are open and I’m still mafting’