1
: a boiled or steamed pudding often containing dried fruit
2
: the partly decayed organic matter on the forest floor
3
: fine coal : slack
Examples of duff in a Sentence
Noun (2)
I've been sitting on my duff all day
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Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2025
Carlton stood up, dusted duff and leaves off his pants, and threw out a thin, keening bugle, then sat back down.
—Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 19 Feb. 2025
However, the overused score by Chris Hou at times strikes a duff note.
—Alissa Simon, Variety, 25 Nov. 2024
The peat and duff of the forest floor began to smolder.
—Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2023
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Noun
Not a single duff performance, in a long, long career.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2025
Carlton stood up, dusted duff and leaves off his pants, and threw out a thin, keening bugle, then sat back down.
—Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 19 Feb. 2025
However, the overused score by Chris Hou at times strikes a duff note.
—Alissa Simon, Variety, 25 Nov. 2024
The peat and duff of the forest floor began to smolder.
—Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2023
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“Duff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/duff. Accessed 8 Mar. 2025.
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