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duff
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun duff has 1 sense
- duff(n = noun.food) plum duff - a stiff flour pudding steamed or boiled usually and containing e.g. currants and raisins and citron; Array is a kind of pudding
OXFORD DICTIONARY
duff, n. a boiled pudding.
duff, adj. Brit. sl.
1 worthless, counterfeit.
2 useless, broken.
1 worthless, counterfeit.
2 useless, broken.
duff, v.tr. sl.
1 Brit. Golf mishit (a shot, a ball); bungle.
2 Austral. steal and alter brands on (cattle).
1 Brit. Golf mishit (a shot, a ball); bungle.
2 Austral. steal and alter brands on (cattle).
Idiom
duff up sl. beat; thrash.
Etymology
perh. back-form. f. DUFFER
THESAURUS
duff
arse, bad, beat, behind, bilk, bottom, broken, butt, can, cheat, counterfeit, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, dud, fake, false, fanny, gyp, inoperable, inoperative, overreach, prat, rear, screw, tail, unworkable, useless, worthless
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