duff

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Danh từ

noun
Plural noun:
duffs
  1. 1.

    (countable, dialectal, uncountable)Dough.

  2. 2.

    (countable, uncountable)A stiff flour pudding, often with dried fruit, boiled in a cloth bag, or steamed.

    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.

  3. 3.

    (countable, uncountable)A pudding-style dessert, especially one made with plums or (in the Bahamas) guavas.

  4. 4.

    (British Columbia, Northwestern, Scotland, US, countable, uncountable)(Scotland, Northwestern US, British Columbia) Decaying vegetable matter on the forest floor.

    These methods also make it possible for the forest officer to describe and to record his observations in precise terms such as “6% percent duff moisture” rather than in generalities such as “pretty dry duff.”

    Depth of litter and duff under the crown of each tree was measured at a point that appeared to represent average depth. Bulk samples of litter (including duff) were taken under four pinyons and three junipers, and ovendried.

    1991, "Woody Fuel and Duff Consumption by Prescribed Fire in Northern Idaho Mixed Conifer Logging Slash" from the U.S. Department of Agriculture The moisture content of the deep pockets of rotten wood was much greater than of the litter-derived duff layer.

  5. 5.

    (countable, uncountable)Coal dust, especially that left after screening or combined with other small, unsaleable bits of coal.

  6. 6.

    (countable, uncountable)Fine and dry coal in small pieces, usually anthracite.

  7. 7.

    (British, countable, uncountable)A mixture of coal and rock.

  8. 8.

    (countable, slang, uncountable)The bits left in the bottom of the bag after the booty has been consumed, like crumbs.

  9. 9.

    (countable, uncountable)Something spurious or fake; a counterfeit; a worthless thing; a defective thing.

    Đồng nghĩa: duffer

  10. 10.

    (countable, slang, uncountable)(baseball, slang) An error.

  11. 11.

    (US, slang)The buttocks.

  12. 12.

    (alt of, alternative)Alternative form of daf (“type of drum”).

Tính từ

adjective
Comparative
duffer
Superlative
duffest
  1. 1.

    (UK)Worthless; not working properly, defective.

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

Động từ

verb
V_es/s
duffs
V_ing/Gerund
duffing
V_ed/pp
duffed
  1. 1.

    (obsolete, slang)To disguise something to make it look new.

  2. 2.

    (obsolete, slang)To sell spurious goods, often under pretence of their being stolen or smuggled.

  3. 3.

    (Australia)To alter the branding of stolen cattle; to steal cattle.

  4. 4.

    (US)(US, golf) To hit the ground behind the ball.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

dufferbumdefective bum

Cùng gốc / liên quan

figgy duffplum-duffdufferno duffup the duff

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro Representing a northern England and Scots pronunciation of dough.

Nguồn dữ liệu: freedict, dictionary, wiktionary · cập nhật 14/8/2026

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