duff
noun
[ dʌf ]
• a flour pudding boiled or steamed in a cloth bag.
• "a currant duff"
Origin:
mid 19th century: northern English form of dough.
duff
adjective
• of very poor quality.
• "duff lyrics"
Similar:
bad,
substandard,
poor,
inferior,
second-rate,
second-class,
unsatisfactory,
inadequate,
unacceptable,
not up to scratch,
not up to par,
deficient,
imperfect,
defective,
faulty,
shoddy,
amateurish,
careless,
negligent,
dreadful,
awful,
terrible,
abominable,
frightful,
atrocious,
disgraceful,
deplorable,
hopeless,
worthless,
laughable,
lamentable,
miserable,
sorry,
third-rate,
diabolical,
execrable,
incompetent,
inept,
inexpert,
ineffectual,
crummy,
rotten,
pathetic,
useless,
woeful,
bum,
lousy,
appalling,
abysmal,
pitiful,
godawful,
dire,
not up to snuff,
the pits,
chronic,
rubbish,
pants,
a load of pants,
ropy,
poxy,
egregious,
crap,
shit,
chickenshit,
duff
noun
• decaying vegetable matter covering the ground under trees.
• "generally the fires in this area burn the duff and underbrush and scorch a few trees"
Origin:
late 18th century (denoting something worthless): of unknown origin.
duff
verb
• beat someone up.
• "I'm going to go round to his house with a bunch of mates and duff him up"
• steal and alter brands on (cattle).
• "complaining to the police that his stock was being duffed"
• mishit (a shot).
• "he duffed the ball short of the green"
Origin:
early 19th century: of uncertain origin; duff3 (sense 2 and sense 3) are probably back-formations from duffer2 and duffer1.
duff
noun
• a person's buttocks.
• "I did not get where I am today by sitting on my duff"
Origin:
mid 19th century: of unknown origin.
