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1duff

noun \ˈdəf\

Definition of DUFF

1
:  a boiled or steamed pudding often containing dried fruit
2
:  the partly decayed organic matter on the forest floor
3
:  fine coal :  slack
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Origin of DUFF

English dialect, alteration of dough
First Known Use: 1816

Other Ecology Terms

Malthusian, anthropogenic, biomass, carbon footprint, crepuscular, niche, sere, symbiosis, taiga, tundra

Rhymes with DUFF

bluff, buff, chough, chuff, cuff, fluff, gruff, guff, huff, luff, muff, puff, rough, ruff, scruff, scuff, slough, snuff, sough, stuff, tough, tuff

2duff

noun

Definition of DUFF

:  buttocks <get off your duff>

Origin of DUFF

origin unknown
First Known Use: circa 1837

3duff

adjective

Definition of DUFF

British
:  inferior, worthless

Origin of DUFF

duff, noun, something worthless, from 1duff
First Known Use: circa 1889

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3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. duff
  2. Duff-Gordon
  3. plum duff
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