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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishduffduff1 /dʌf/ noun [countable] American English informal the part of your body that you sit on SYN bottom Get off your duff (=stop sitting or stop being lazy) and help me!Examples from the Corpusduff• Even if she didn't spot that her sister was up the duff, she must have known her mum wasn't.duffduff2 adjective British English informal BROKENbad or useless Examples from the Corpusduff• A Godsend for anyone who has to submit work as it gets rid of the chance of sending a duff disk.• This has been a duff year for him: the runs have flowed like treacle, and Dame Fortune has turned sour.duffduff3 verb → duff somebody ↔ up → See Verb table Examples from the Corpusduff• For a small fee, usually a week's tuck allowance, she would duff up any victim selected.Origin duff1 (1800-1900) dough duff2 (1800-1900) Perhaps from duffer
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Verb table
duff
Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they duff
he, she, it duffs
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they duffed
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have duffed
he, she, it has duffed
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had duffed
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will duff
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have duffed
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Continuous Form
Present
I am duffing
he, she, it is duffing
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you, we, they are duffing
Past
I, he, she, it was duffing
you, we, they were duffing
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have been duffing
he, she, it has been duffing
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been duffing
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be duffing
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been duffing
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