English Explanatory Dictionary

sluff

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative spelling of slough (skin shed by a snake or other reptile).
  2. Alternative spelling of slough (dead skin on a sore or ulcer).
  3. An avalanche, mudslide, or a like slumping of material or debris.
verb
  1. Alternative spelling of slough (to shed or to slide off).
  2. ignore, shrug (off)
  3. Alternative spelling of slough (discard).
  4. to avoid working
  5. To play truant from (school).
noun
  1. Acronym of Short Little Ugly Fat Fellow (or Fucker), US Airforce nickname for the A-7 bomber.

Pronunciation

slŭf /slʌf/ en-us-slough2.ogg

Word forms

sluff sluffs slough sluffing sluffed

Etymology

From Middle English slough (“skin, husk, rind; cocoon; scales; cyst”), akin to Middle High German slûch (“slough”) (whence German Schlauch (“tube, hose”)).

Related words

BUFF

Derived words

sluffy
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