duff

Meaning

Noun

1. Dough.
2. A stiff flour pudding, often with dried fruit, boiled in a cloth bag, or steamed.
3. A pudding-style dessert, especially one made with plums.

Adj

Worthless; not working properly, defective.

Verb

1. (obsolete,slang) To disguise something to make it look new.
2. To alter the branding of stolen cattle; to steal cattle.
3. To hit the ground behind the ball.

Synonyms

plum duff

defraud

drossy

dumpling

🥟

gimcrack

inconsequential

rubbishy

scummy

shitty

slack

slash

swindle

for the birds

forest litter

shitey

cheat

not worth a plug nickel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dʌf/

Etymology

table
Representing a northern England and Scots pronunciation of dough.