The difference between Duff and Up the duff

Duff is also noun with the meaning: dough.

Duff is also verb with the meaning: to disguise something to make it look new.

Duff is also adjective with the meaning: worthless.

Up the duff is also phrase with the meaning: pregnant.

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  1. Duff as a noun (dialectal):

    Dough.

  2. Duff as a noun:

    A stiff flour pudding, often with dried fruit, boiled in a cloth bag, or steamed.

  1. Duff as a noun (Scotland, US):

    Decaying vegetable matter on the forest floor.

  2. Duff as a noun:

    Coal dust.

  3. Duff as a noun (slang):

    The bits left in the bottom of the bag after the booty has been consumed, like crumbs.

  4. Duff as a noun:

    Something spurious or fake; a counterfeit, a worthless thing.

  5. Duff as a noun (baseball, slang, 1800s):

    An error.

  1. Duff as an adjective (UK):

    Worthless; not working properly, defective.

    Examples:

    "Why do I always get a shopping trolley with duff wheels?"

  1. Duff as a noun (US, slang):

    The buttocks.

  1. Duff as a verb (slang, obsolete):

    To disguise something to make it look new.

  2. Duff as a verb (Australia):

    To alter the branding of stolen cattle; to steal cattle.

  3. 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."

  4. Duff as a verb (US, golf):

    To hit the ground behind the ball.

  1. Duff as a noun:

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