Dictionary

Explore meaning, context, and usage with an online dictionary experience optimized for multilingual workflows.

Clear

Try these words

Meaning of duff up

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

duff

Pronunciation:/dʌf/

noun

Definitions

  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.

duff

Pronunciation:/dʌf/

noun

Definitions

  1. Decaying vegetable matter on the forest floor.

  2. Coal dust, especially that left after screening or combined with other small, unsaleable bits of coal.

  3. Fine and dry coal in small pieces, usually anthracite.

  4. A mixture of coal and rock.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Worthless; not working properly, defective.

    Example: Why do I always get a shopping trolley with duff wheels?

duff

Pronunciation:/dʌf/

verb

Definitions

  1. To disguise something to make it look new.

  2. To alter the branding of stolen cattle; to steal cattle.

  3. (with "up") To beat up.

    Example: I heard Nick got duffed up behind the shopping centre at the weekend.

  4. To hit the ground behind the ball.