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duff Definition


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duff1
noun
    1. A heavy boiled or steamed pudding, especially one containing fruit.
Etymology: 19c: northern form of dough.




duff2
adj
    1. colloq
      Useless; broken.
Etymology: 19c: perhaps from duffer.




duff3
verb duffed, duffing
    colloq:
    1. To bungle something.
    2. especially golf.
      To misplay or mishit (a shot).
adj
    1. Bungled.
Etymology: 19c: from duffer.

Phrasal Verb: duff someone up
    To treat them violently; to beat them up.


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