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duff

The correct spelling is duff.

How to pronounce duff

/dʌf/
noun

IPA: /dʌf/

Say it like: Duf-f

The correct spelling is duff. Dough. For example: "Why do I always get a shopping trolley with duff wheels?"

Usage Examples

Why do I always get a shopping trolley with duff wheels?

I heard Nick got duffed up behind the shopping centre at the weekend.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.Dough.
  2. 2.A stiff flour pudding, often with dried fruit, boiled in a cloth bag, or steamed.
  3. 3.A pudding-style dessert, especially one made with plums.
  4. 4.Decaying vegetable matter on the forest floor.
  5. 5.Coal dust, especially that left after screening or combined with other small, unsaleable bits of coal.

adjective

  1. 1.Worthless; not working properly, defective.

verb

  1. 1.To disguise something to make it look new.
  2. 2.To alter the branding of stolen cattle; to steal cattle.
  3. 3.(with "up") To beat up.
  4. 4.To hit the ground behind the ball.

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