I. ˈdəf noun
( -s )
Etymology: English dialect duff, variant of dough (I)
1. : a stiff flour pudding usually containing raisins and currants and boiled in a bag or steamed
plum duff
— compare plum pudding
2. : the partly decayed organic matter on the forest floor
scratchings of dirt and twigs and forest duff — Verne Athanas
— compare humus , litter , mor
3. : fine coal : slack
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: back-formation from duffer
1. slang
a. : to treat or manipulate so as to give a specious appearance to : fake
b. : cheat
2. Australia : to alter the brand on (stolen cattle or horses) : steal and alter the brand on (cattle or horses)
3. Britain : to misplay (a golf ball) especially by striking the ground back of the ball before the club strikes the ball
III. noun
( -s )
Etymology: origin unknown
slang : buttocks