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duff1 nounduff2 adjectiveduff3 verb duffduff1 /dʌf/ noun [countable] duff1Origin: 1800-1900 dough - Even if she didn't spot that her sister was up the duff, she must have known her mum wasn't.
American English informal the part of your body that you sit on SYN bottom: Get off your duff (=stop sitting or stop being lazy) and help me!duff1 nounduff2 adjectiveduff3 verb duffduff2 adjective British English informal duff2Origin: 1800-1900 Perhaps from duffer - A Godsend for anyone who has to submit work as it gets rid of the chance of sending a duff disk.
- This has been a duff year for him: the runs have flowed like treacle, and Dame Fortune has turned sour.
bad or uselessduff1 nounduff2 adjectiveduff3 verb duffduff3 verb VERB TABLEduff |
Present | I, you, we, they | duff | | he, she, it | duffs | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | duffed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have duffed | | he, she, it | has duffed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had duffed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will duff | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have duffed |
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Present | I | am duffing | | he, she, it | is duffing | | you, we, they | are duffing | Past | I, he, she, it | was duffing | | you, we, they | were duffing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been duffing | | he, she, it | has been duffing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been duffing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be duffing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been duffing |
- For a small fee, usually a week's tuck allowance, she would duff up any victim selected.
duff somebody ↔ up phrasal verb British English informal to fight someone and injure them |