(broadly, transitive) to immerse in soft matter (e.g. flour, cream, a handkerchief)
Hyphenated as
tuf‧fà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/tufˈfa.re/
Etymology
Borrowed from Lombardic *taufan (“to dip, to immerse”), probably from Proto-Germanic *daupijaną. Compare German taufen (“to baptize”), Dutch dopen (“to dip, to baptize”).