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sluff (slʌf) n, vb (Bridge) bridge a variant spelling of slough2slough1 (slaʊ for 1,2,4; slu for 3 ) n. 1. an area of soft, muddy ground; swamp or swamplike region. 2. a hole full of mire, as in a road. 3. Also, slew, slue. a marshy pool, inlet, backwater, or the like. 4. a condition of degradation or despair. [before 900; Middle English; Old English slōh, c. Middle Low German slōch, Middle High German sluoche ditch] slough2 (slʌf) n. 1. the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically. 2. a mass or layer of dead tissue separated from the surrounding or underlying tissue. 3. anything that is shed or cast off. 4. a discarded card. v.i. 5. to be shed or cast off, as the slough of a snake. 6. to cast off a slough. 7. to separate from the sound flesh, as a slough. 8. to discard a card or cards. v.t. 9. to dispose or get rid of; cast (often fol. by off): to slough off a bad habit. 10. to shed as or like a slough. 11. to discard (a card). 12. slough over, to treat as inconsequential. [1250–1300; Middle English slughe, slouh skin of a snake, akin to Middle Low German slū, slō husk, shell, Middle High German slūch] slough′i•ness, n. slough′y, adj. sluff Past participle: sluffed Gerund: sluffing
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I sluff | you sluff | he/she/it sluffs | we sluff | you sluff | they sluff |
Preterite |
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I sluffed | you sluffed | he/she/it sluffed | we sluffed | you sluffed | they sluffed |
Present Continuous |
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I am sluffing | you are sluffing | he/she/it is sluffing | we are sluffing | you are sluffing | they are sluffing |
Present Perfect |
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I have sluffed | you have sluffed | he/she/it has sluffed | we have sluffed | you have sluffed | they have sluffed |
Past Continuous |
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I was sluffing | you were sluffing | he/she/it was sluffing | we were sluffing | you were sluffing | they were sluffing |
Past Perfect |
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I had sluffed | you had sluffed | he/she/it had sluffed | we had sluffed | you had sluffed | they had sluffed |
Future |
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I will sluff | you will sluff | he/she/it will sluff | we will sluff | you will sluff | they will sluff |
Future Perfect |
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I will have sluffed | you will have sluffed | he/she/it will have sluffed | we will have sluffed | you will have sluffed | they will have sluffed |
Future Continuous |
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I will be sluffing | you will be sluffing | he/she/it will be sluffing | we will be sluffing | you will be sluffing | they will be sluffing |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been sluffing | you have been sluffing | he/she/it has been sluffing | we have been sluffing | you have been sluffing | they have been sluffing |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been sluffing | you will have been sluffing | he/she/it will have been sluffing | we will have been sluffing | you will have been sluffing | they will have been sluffing |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been sluffing | you had been sluffing | he/she/it had been sluffing | we had been sluffing | you had been sluffing | they had been sluffing |
Conditional |
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I would sluff | you would sluff | he/she/it would sluff | we would sluff | you would sluff | they would sluff |
Past Conditional |
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I would have sluffed | you would have sluffed | he/she/it would have sluffed | we would have sluffed | you would have sluffed | they would have sluffed |
sluff
sluff off1. Literally, to shed, peel, or scrape off an outer layer of something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "sluff" and "off." A less common variant of "slough off." It can be pretty gross to watch a snake sluff off its skin, leaving behind a weird, hollow version of itself.2. To dismiss, ignore, or minimize the importance of someone or something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "sluff" and "off." A less common variant of "slough off." He kept heckling me during the show, but I sluffed him off and kept performing. The senator just sluffed off the journalist's comments, describing them later as "baseless" and "incendiary."3. To procrastinate or avoid doing work. In this usage, the phrase is sometimes followed by a noun indicating the thing being avoided. A less common variant of "slough off." If you keep sluffing off, we'll be forced to give you a formal warning. I decided to sluff off my essay for the weekend and hang out with my friends instead.See also: off, sluffsluff (off)Sl. to waste time; to goof off. Watch him. He will sluff off if you don't keep after him. He won't sluff. I know I can trust him.sluff (off) and slough (off) in. to waste time; to goof off. Watch him. He will sluff off if you don’t keep after him. See also: off, sluffsluff verbSee sluff offsluff
sluff[sləf] (engineering) The mud cake detached from the wall of a borehole. (mining engineering) The falling of decomposed, soft rocks from the roof or walls of mine openings. MedicalSeesloughSLUFF
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SLUFF➣Short Little Ugly Fat Fellow (polite form; reference to the A-7 Corsair) | SLUFF➣Slow Ugly Flying Fellow (USAF A-10 Thunderbolt II, polite form :-) |
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