Duff

Noun

 * 1)  Dough.
 * 2) A stiff flour pudding, often with dried fruit, boiled in a cloth bag, or steamed
 * 3) * 1901, Henry Lawson, short story The Ghosts of Many Christmases, published in Children of the Bush :
 * The storekeeper had sent them an unbroken case of canned plum pudding, and probably by this time he was wondering what had become of that blanky case of duff.

Noun

 * 1)  Decaying vegetable matter on the forest floor.
 * 2) *1999,, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, p. 366:
 * Out under the trees, some rangers had found enough duff and dry wood to start a fire beneath a slanting ridge of slate.
 * 1) Coal dust.
 * 2)  The bits left in the bottom of the bag after the booty has been consumed, like crumbs.
 * 3) Something spurious or fake; a counterfeit, a worthless thing.
 * 4)  an 1800s baseball term meaning an error

Adjective

 * 1)  Worthless; not working properly, defective.
 * Why do I always get a shopping trolley with duff wheels?

Synonyms

 * bum

Noun

 * 1) 🇺🇸 The buttocks.

Thesaurus
arse, bad, beat, behind, bilk, bottom, broken, butt, can, cheat, counterfeit, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, dud, fake, false, fanny, gyp, inoperable, inoperative, overreach, prat, rear, screw, tail, unworkable, useless, worthless

Etymology 1
Representing a northern pronunciation of dough:.

Etymology 2
Origin uncertain; probably imitative.

Etymology 3
Origin uncertain; perhaps the same as Etymology 1, above.

Etymology 4
Originally thieves' slang; probably a back-formation from duffer:.

Adjective

 * Finnish:


 * Italian: sgangherato

Noun

 * Finnish:


 * Italian: sedere, chiappe, deretano

Verb

 * 1)  To disguise something to make it look new.
 * 2)  To alter the branding of stolen cattle; to steal cattle.
 * 3)  To beat (up).
 * I heard Nick got duffed up behind the shopping centre at the weekend.
 * 1) 🇺🇸 To hit the ground behind the ball.

Related terms

 * duffer