SLUFF

Etymology

Noun

sluff (plural sluffs)

Alternative spelling of slough (skin shed by a snake or other reptile).

Alternative spelling of slough (dead skin on a sore or ulcer).

An avalanche, mudslide, or a like slumping of material or debris.

Verb

sluff (third-person singular simple present sluffs, present participle sluffing, simple past and past participle sluffed)

Alternative spelling of slough (to shed or to slide off).

ignore, shrug (off)

Alternative spelling of slough (discard).

to avoid working

(transitive) To play truant from (school).

Sunshine for the Latter-Day Saint Mother's Soul

Anagrams

• Luffs, luffs

Noun

SLUFF (plural SLUFFs)

(slang, US, Air Force) Acronym of Short Little Ugly Fat Fellow (or Fucker); US Airforce nickname for the A-7 bomber.

Anagrams

• Luffs, luffs

Source: Wiktionary



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