duff
1 of 3noun (1)
ˈdəf 
1
: a boiled or steamed pudding often containing dried fruit
2
: the partly decayed organic matter on the forest floor
3
: fine coal : slack
duff
2 of 3noun (2)
: buttocks
get off your duff
duff
3 of 3adjective
British
: inferior, worthless
Synonyms
Noun (2)
- backside
- behind
- booty [slang]
- bootie
- bottom
- breech
- bum
- buns
- butt
- buttocks
- caboose
- can
- cheeks
- derriere
- derrière
- fanny
- fundament
- hams
- haunches
- heinie [slang]
- hunkers
- keister [slang]
- keester
- nates
- posterior
- rear
- rear end
- rump
- seat
- tail
- tail end
- tush [slang]
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Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
English dialect, alteration of dough
Noun (2)
origin unknown
Adjective
duff, noun, something worthless, from duff entry 1
First Known Use
Noun (1)
1816, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (2)
circa 1837, in the meaning defined above
Adjective
circa 1889, in the meaning defined above
duffers
noun
1
as in bunglers
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- bunglers
- stumblers
- stumblebums
- fumblers
- louts
- oafs
- clodhoppers
- tykes
- lubbers
- tikes
- klutzes
- gawks
- dubs
- lumps
- gawkies
- tawpies
- lummoxes
- loobies
2
as in bastards
Synonyms & Similar Words
- bastards
- simulations
- shoddies
- impostures
- frauds
- synthetics
- swindles
- copies
- phoneys
- gaffs
- dummies
- spoofs
- brummagems
- copycats
- reproductions
- phonies
- knockoffs
- mock-ups
- replicas
- counterfeits
- facsimiles
- forgeries
- hoaxes
- fakes
- humbug
- shams
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- originals
- mensuralist
- mensuralists
- mensurate
- mensuration
- mensuration canon
- mensurational
- mensurations
- mensurative
- menswear
- menswears
- ment
- ment de pied
- ment impediment
- menta
- mental
- mental age
- mental case
- mental chemistry
- mental deficiency
- mental disease
- mental disorder
- mental faculties
- mental health
- mental health day
- mental illness