English

Pronunciation

• /dʌf/

  Rhymes: -ʌf

Etymology 1

Noun

1. Dough.
2. A stiff flour pudding, often with dried fruit, boiled in a cloth bag, or steamed

   1901: The storekeeper had sent them an unbroken case of canned plum pudding, and probably by this time he was wondering what had become of that blanky case of duff. — Henry Lawson, short story The Ghosts of Many Christmases, published in Children of the Bush http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/7065

Etymology 2

Noun

1. In the context of "Scotland|US": Decaying vegetable matter on the forest floor.
2. Coal dust.
3. The bits left in the bottom of the bag after the booty has been consumed, like crumbs.
4. Something spurious or fake; a counterfeit, a worthless thing.
5. an 1800s baseball term meaning an error

Adjective

1. Worthless; not working properly, defective.

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

Translations

Etymology 3

Noun

1. The buttocks.

Translations

Etymology 4

Verb

1. slang obsolete To disguise something to make it look new.
2. To alter the branding of stolen cattle; to steal cattle.
3. To beat (up).

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

4. To hit the ground behind the ball.

Related terms

• duffer

Acronym

1. (insult) Dumb/Designated Ugly Fat Friend, an attractive woman's less attractive friend
2. (science fiction fandom) Down Under Fan Fund, a fan fund to bring Australasian members of fandom to North America and vice versa, in alternating years.
3. Double-Ugly Flying Fucker, a nickname given to the F-4 Phantom II fighter jet
4. Davidson Ultimate Frisbee Folk, the name of the Davidson College ultimate team

See also

• up the duff

People

Surname

See Duff (surname)

Given name

• Duff Cooper, British diplomat
• Duff Goldman, star of Food Network's reality show Ace of Cakes''
• Duff Green, American politician and journalist
• Duff McKagan, bassist

Places

• Duff, Saskatchewan, Canada
• Duff, Indiana, United States
• Duff Islands in the Solomon Islands, Pacific Ocean
• Duff (river), a river in County Sligo, Ireland

As an acronym

• Double-Ugly Flying Fucker, a nickname for the F-4 Phantom II fighter jet
• the Designated Ugly Fat Friend in a group of girls

Other

• Duff Beer, a fictional brand of beer on The Simpsons
• HMS Duff (K352), a Captain-class frigate named after Captain George Duff
• Duff, a 5% abv dark dry beer produced by Daleside Brewery, United Kingdom
• Elmyra Duff, a fictional Tiny Toon character
• Duff's device, a computer programming technique

See also

• Duff's
• Daf, a large-sized frame drum