duff

¹duff

noun \ˈdəf\

Definition of DUFF

1

: a boiled or steamed pudding often containing dried fruit

2

: the partly decayed organic matter on the forest floor

3

: fine coal : slack

Origin of DUFF

English dialect, alteration of dough

First Known Use: 1816

Other Ecology Terms

Malthusian, anthropogenic, biomass, carbon footprint, crepuscular, niche, sere, symbiosis, taiga, tundra

Rhymes with DUFF

bluff, buff, chough, chuff, cuff, fluff, gruff, guff, huff, luff, muff, puff, rough, ruff, scruff, scuff, slough, snuff, sough, stuff, tough, tuff

²duff

noun

Definition of DUFF

: buttocks <get off your duff>

Origin of DUFF

origin unknown

First Known Use: circa 1837

³duff

adjective

Definition of DUFF

British

: inferior, worthless

Origin of DUFF

duff, noun, something worthless, from ¹duff

First Known Use: circa 1889