The difference between Duff and No duff
When used as nouns, duff means dough, whereas no duff means an incident that is not a drill or training exercise.
Duff is also verb with the meaning: to disguise something to make it look new.
Duff is also adjective with the meaning: worthless.
check bellow for the other definitions of Duff and No duff
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Duff as a noun (dialectal):
Dough.
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Duff as a noun:
A stiff flour pudding, often with dried fruit, boiled in a cloth bag, or steamed.
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Duff as a noun (Scotland, US):
Decaying vegetable matter on the forest floor.
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Duff as a noun:
Coal dust.
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Duff as a noun (slang):
The bits left in the bottom of the bag after the booty has been consumed, like crumbs.
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Duff as a noun:
Something spurious or fake; a counterfeit, a worthless thing.
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Duff as a noun (baseball, slang, 1800s):
An error.
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Duff as an adjective (UK):
Worthless; not working properly, defective.
Examples:
"Why do I always get a shopping trolley with duff wheels?"
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Duff as a noun (US, slang):
The buttocks.
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Duff as a verb (slang, obsolete):
To disguise something to make it look new.
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Duff as a verb (Australia):
To alter the branding of stolen cattle; to steal cattle.
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Duff as a verb (British, slang, with "up"):
To beat up.
Examples:
"I heard Nick got duffed up behind the shopping centre at the weekend."
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Duff as a verb (US, golf):
To hit the ground behind the ball.
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Duff as a noun:
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No duff as a noun (UK, Ireland, Canada, AU, NZ, military slang, radio voice procedure):
An incident that is not a drill or training exercise; an emergency.