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Uncommonduff
The correct spelling is duff.
How to pronounce duff
/dʌf/
nounIPA: /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.Dough.
- 2.A stiff flour pudding, often with dried fruit, boiled in a cloth bag, or steamed.
- 3.A pudding-style dessert, especially one made with plums.
- 4.Decaying vegetable matter on the forest floor.
- 5.Coal dust, especially that left after screening or combined with other small, unsaleable bits of coal.
adjective
- 1.Worthless; not working properly, defective.
verb
- 1.To disguise something to make it look new.
- 2.To alter the branding of stolen cattle; to steal cattle.
- 3.(with "up") To beat up.
- 4.To hit the ground behind the ball.
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