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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Hoffa, Jimmy Hoffa, James Riddle Hoffanoun

    United States labor leader who was president of the Teamsters Union; he was jailed for trying to bribe a judge and later disappeared and is assumed to have been murdered (1913-1975)

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  1. hoffa

    Hoffa generally refers to James R. Hoffa, an American labor union leader who served as the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union from 1957 until 1971. He mysteriously disappeared in 1975 and was declared legally dead in 1982. There is a famous movie based on his life called "The Irishman". The Hoffa is also a fat pad located in the knee, called Hoffa's fat pad, named after the German surgeon Albert Hoffa.

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  1. Hoffa

    Hoffa is a 1992 biographical film directed by Danny DeVito and written by David Mamet, based on the life of Teamsters Union leader Jimmy Hoffa. Jack Nicholson plays Hoffa, and DeVito plays Hoffa's fictional longtime friend Robert "Bobby" Ciaro, an amalgamation of several Hoffa associates over the years. The film also stars John C. Reilly, Robert Prosky, Kevin Anderson, Armand Assante, and J. T. Walsh. The original music score is by David Newman.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. HOFFA

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hoffa is ranked #29309 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Hoffa surname appeared 807 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Hoffa.

    96.4% or 778 total occurrences were White.
    1.7% or 14 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.1% or 9 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hoffa in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hoffa in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of hoffa in a Sentence

  1. Mario Verdibello:

    We heard all sorts of rumors that Jimmy Hoffa might be buried here.

  2. Reginald Haupt , Jr.:

    I want the man to be found, particularly for the Hoffa family, if I can play a part in where he is at, then it is my obligation to do that. They deserve to have their father buried properly.

  3. Joe Brennan:

    Jimmy Hoffa wanted to see the body, we were told that Jimmy Hoffa was grabbed, killed there( Detroit) and brought back to New Jersey for Anthony Provenzano to personally verify that Jimmy Hoffa was dead.

  4. Pat Szpunar:

    They told me that someone famous was killed in my home, and I said, 'What? It's not like it's Jimmy Hoffa or anything?' And they turned white as sheep.

  5. Tom Iannucci:

    People will say, 'Oh, this is the Hoffa barn,'.

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