duffadjective
uk/dʌf/us/dʌf/UK informalbad, not useful, or not working:
He's directed so many movies that you might expect a few duff ones.
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Informal words for bad
- badass
- bum
- crap
- crappy
- crash and burn idiom
- crook
- crud
- crummy
- lousy
- not be up to much idiom
- pappy
- piss-poor
- pisser
- pit
- shonky
- such as it is idiom
- tacky
- tawdry
- trashy
- wack
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duffnoun [ C ]
uk/dʌf/us/dʌf/US informala person's bottom:
Get off your duff and start working.
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The buttocks
- arse
- ass
- back end
- backside
- behind
- booty
- bot
- bottom
- bum
- bun
- butt
- buttock
- cheek
- derrière
- gluteal
- haunch
- posterior
- rump
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duffverb [ T ]
uk/dʌf/us/dʌf/Australian English informalto steal farm animals by changing the brand (= owner's mark) on them, or to steal goods by changing their appearance
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Stealing
- abscond
- aggravated burglary
- appropriate
- armed robbery
- break in/break into sth
- larceny
- liberate
- light-fingered
- loot
- looting
- mug
- relieve
- rip sth off
- rob
- robbery
- run off with sth
- scrump
- skim
- sting
- whip
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Phrasal verb(s)
duff sb up