1
: a boiled or steamed pudding often containing dried fruit
2
: the partly decayed organic matter on the forest floor
3
: fine coal : slack
Synonyms
Noun (2)
Examples of duff in a Sentence
Noun (2)
I've been sitting on my duff all day
Recent Examples on the Web
Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2023
That’s a political choice, too — the choice by lawmakers unwilling to get off their duffs to bring those costs under control, say, by capping prescription drug prices.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
The structure of the forest floor depends on the quantity of peat, duff, downed logs, and dead trees—perhaps killed by plagues of beetles, which have thrived as global temperatures have risen.
—Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2023
Heap up a big mound of duff and detritus from the forest floor, then excavate a pocket that is large enough to crawl into.
—Keith McCafferty, Field & Stream, 29 June 2023
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Noun
The peat and duff of the forest floor began to smolder.
—Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2023
That’s a political choice, too — the choice by lawmakers unwilling to get off their duffs to bring those costs under control, say, by capping prescription drug prices.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
The structure of the forest floor depends on the quantity of peat, duff, downed logs, and dead trees—perhaps killed by plagues of beetles, which have thrived as global temperatures have risen.
—Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2023
Heap up a big mound of duff and detritus from the forest floor, then excavate a pocket that is large enough to crawl into.
—Keith McCafferty, Field & Stream, 29 June 2023
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“Duff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/duff. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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