duffing
duffing is the present participle and gerund of duff.
Meaning of duff
Verb
duff (third-person singular simple present duffs, present participle duffing, simple past and past participle duffed)
- To disguise something to make it look new.
- To sell spurious goods, often under pretence of their being stolen or smuggled.
- A person once taken-in by smuggled handkerchiefs, or anything, won’t deal with a hawker again, even though there’s no deception. But ‘duffing,’ and all that is going down fast, and I wish it was gone altogether.1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861
- To alter the branding of stolen cattle; to steal cattle.
- To hit the ground behind the ball.
Adjective
duffing (comparative more duffing, superlative most duffing)
- Like a duffer; incompetent or worthless.
- 'I don't comprehend your meaning, Mr. St. Leger,' was the respectful reply.
'What a duffing old file you must be, then! Caractacus, of course.'1875, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, editor, Belgravia, a London magazine, page 41
- Synonyms:
- inept, ineffective, good-for-nothing, no good, bastardly, blown, cacky, chaffy, cocking, crapalicious
- 'I don't comprehend your meaning, Mr. St. Leger,' was the respectful reply.
Proper noun capitalized: Duffing
Duffing
- A surname.
Synonyms of duffing
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- drecky
- for the birds
- fucking
- garbagey
- good-for-naught
- goodless
- ineffectual
- jabberwocky
- junky
- mouldy
- no-account
- no good / no-good
- nonvaluable
- not worth a damn
- not worth a dime
- not worth a plug nickel
- not worth a brass farthing
- not worth a cent
- not worth a cress
- not worth a curse
- not worth a Continental
- not worth a farthing
- not worth a nickel
- not worth a penny
- not worth salt
- not worth a whistle
- of no value
- pissass
- punk
- putid
Forms of duffing
| comparative | more duffing |
|---|---|
| superlative | most duffing |
Words formed from duffing
- Duffing equation
- Duffing's equation
- Duffing oscillator
Phrases with duffing
Questions about duffing
- What does duffing mean?
- Duffing means like a duffer; incompetent or worthless.
- What is duffing the present participle and gerund of?
- Duffing is the present participle and gerund of duff.
- What part of speech is duffing?
- Duffing can be an adjective or a proper noun.
Words near duffing in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: duffing (page history and authors); Duffing (page history and authors); duff (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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