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Definition: Duff |
DuffNoun1. A stiff flour pudding steamed or boiled usually containing e.g. currents and citron. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Duff" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be dark". |
Date "duff" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1606. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Biographical Satire | DUFF, Mac, a Scotchman who gained fame because he was a good layer on. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914. |
Food & Agriculture | The partially decomposed organic material of the forest floor beneath the litter of freshly fallen twigs, needles, and leaves;. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. Fine dry coal (usually anthracite) obtained from a coal-preparation plant. The size range is 3/16 to 0 in (4.8 to 0 mm). See also:gum; slack b. Smalls, usually with an upper size limit of 3/8 in (9.5 mm) c. Term used among British miners for a fine mixture of coal and rock d. Aust. The fine coal left after separating the lumps; very fine screenings; dust. e. Coal dust and other unsaleable small coal produced in anthracite mines.See also:anthracite fines. (references) |
Public Administration | Surface horizon of partly decomposed organic remains resting on mineral soil. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Duff |
| Specialty definitions using "duff": Eye of a Needle ♦ muck fire ♦ organic soil fire ♦ peat fire ♦ RC. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Congratulations, Barney, and enjoy your prize - a lifetime supply of Duff Beer. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) My name's Richard Nixon and I would also like to endorse a great beer also called Duff (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) He never had a drop of Duff in his life. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) Why would Duff publish a book. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Mrs. and Mr. Duff (1909) La Candide madame Duff (2000) | |
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![]() | James Duff, fiddler, Hazard, Kentucky. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Alexander Duff, half-length portrait, three-quarters to right. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Air Service Command. Staff Sergeant J. F. Duff, mechanic with mobile unit. He is married and his wife lives at 2015 East Orleans Street, Philadelphia, Pennslyvania. He formerly worked in a real estate office. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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Economic History | Sri Lanka | Fitch IBRC (formerly Duff and Phelps Credit Rating Company) which opened an office in Colombo in 1999, is the only credit rating agency in Sri Lanka. (references) |
Political Economy | URUGUAY | In 1997, Uruguay's risk rating for long-term debt issued in foreign currency was upgraded to BBB minus by Standard & Poor's, Duff & Phelps, and Europe's IBCA and to Baa3 by Moody's. (references) |
COLOMBIA | However, in 1999, such rating companies (namely Standard & Poors, Moody's, and Duff & Phelps) downgraded Colombia's debt to "speculative grade," citing Colombia's faltering peace process, increased security concerns, and insufficient progress in fiscal consolidation. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Duff" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 55.56% of the time. "Duff" is used about 153 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 55.56% | 85 | 35,870 |
| Noun (singular) | 35.29% | 54 | 46,184 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 3.92% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.92% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (common) | 0.65% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 0.65% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 153 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "duff" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Duff | Last name | 6,000 | 2,163 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| USA | Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Duff, TN |
Expressions using "duff": duff up ♦ plum duff. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "duff": duff-duff, duff-mucky, duff-sounding. | |
Ending with "duff": duff-duff, Gordon-duff. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
hilary duff | 13,613 | mckagan duff | 138 |
duff hillary | 3,087 | duff hillary nude pic | 129 |
duff hilary picture | 1,330 | duff hilary lyrics not why | 118 |
duff hilary nude | 1,239 | james duff | 107 |
haylie duff | 758 | duff hilary not why | 106 |
duff hilary pic | 697 | duff.com hillary | 102 |
duff hillary nude | 624 | duff hilary nude picture | 99 |
duff hilary lyrics | 442 | bikini duff hilary in | 93 |
duff hilary naked | 438 | bio duff hilary | 85 |
duff hillary picture | 411 | duff hilary porn | 84 |
duff.com hilary | 362 | duff hilary hot | 81 |
duff hillary pic | 339 | duff norton | 76 |
duff | 339 | duff hillery | 75 |
duff hillary naked | 303 | 2003 duff hilary | 73 |
duff hilary photo | 241 | duff hilary naked picture | 70 |
bikini duff hilary | 217 | biography duff hilary | 70 |
duff hilary nude pic | 214 | duff hillary photo | 68 |
aaron carter duff hilary | 192 | duff hilary pic sexy | 64 |
duff hillary lyrics | 180 | duff phelps | 63 |
duff hilary wallpaper | 154 | duff hilary lizzie mcguire | 63 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "duff"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | Para (ahead, before, beforehand, cash, chuck, contribution, currency, dough, forward, in face of, in front of, kale, loot, mammon, money, necessary, oil, oof, pelf, roll, shekels, shell, shiners, siller, splosh, stiff, the almighty), Mollaqe (buttocks), Brumë (dough, metal, pasta, paste). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | لا تعمل. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Пудинг Със Сливи, Фалшифицирана Стока, "нили Листа ' "ора, 'ъглищен Прах, Боклук. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | Pudink (custard, pudding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sur humus (raw humus, surface humus, veid humus), raahumus (raw humus, surface humus, veid humus), mor (mother). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | ruwe humus (raw humus, surface humus, veid humus), mor (raw humus, surface humus, veid humus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | تغییرعلامت , سرقت گوسفند, سبزی های فاسدجنگل , خمیر (Dough, Paste, Unguent), خاکه زغال سنگ . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | raakahumus (raw humus, surface humus, veid humus), kariketurve, kangasmulta, kangashumus (raw humus, surface humus, veid humus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Derrière, Déglingué, Débile (dumb), Truquer, mor, matte, Maquiller, humus brut, humus acide. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | saurer Humus (raw humus, surface humus, veid humus), Rohhumus (raw humus, surface humus, veid humus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | όξινος χούμος (raw humus, surface humus, veid humus), φυλλάδα χουμοποιήσεως, ακατέργαστος χούμος (raw humus, surface humus, veid humus), ουτίγκα Από Αλεύρι ίαι Λίποσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | Szénpor (breeze, cinder, coal dust, slack). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | duff, humus grezzo (raw humus, surface humus, veid humus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | putage y Nollick (plum duff). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uffday roubar gado, pudim (pudding), pó de carvão (culm, slack), more (raw humus, surface humus, veid humus), manta morta, húmus de superfície (raw humus, surface humus, veid humus), húmus bruto (raw humus, surface humus, veid humus), húmus ácido (raw humus, surface humus, veid humus). (various references) Nefolositor (castaway, futile, idle, of no avail, piddling, profitless, unfit, unsuitable, useless, waste), Falsifica (adulterate, alter, cook, counterfeit, debase, distort, doctor, fake, falsify, feign, fiddle, forge, fudge, huckster, mystify, sophisticate), Face Sã Parã Nou. (various references) Пудинг, Угольная Мелочь, Тесто. (various references) varanje (cheating, double dealing, jugglery, trickery). (various references) Dar Una Paliza De (pound, punish, shellac, shellack, skunk, whack), Sin Valor (inestimable, miserable, trumpery, valueless, worthless), Pudín (plum duff, plum pudding, pudding), moder (insect mull, moder), mantillo ácido (raw humus, surface humus, veid humus), humus de superficie (raw humus, surface humus, veid humus), humus bruto (raw humus, surface humus, veid humus), humus ácido (raw humus, surface humus, veid humus), Culo (arse, ass, behind, bottom, bum, Fanny, stern), Budín (pudding). (various references) Stjäla Boskap, Slå Klumpigt, Rumpa (behind, bum, buttocks, can, Fanny, rear), råhumus (raw humus, surface humus, veid humus), mullig mår, mår (are, is), Göra Som Ny, Bättra På (fake, improve, improve on, improve upon, refresh, touch up), Ändra Ägarmärken På. (various references) ก้น (arris, arse, ass, bazoo, boodie, boody, bottom, bum, buns, butt, caboose, gazoo, keester, keyster, khyber pass, kiester, kyber pass, labonza, rusty-dusty). (various references) Sahte (apocryphal, artificial, bad, base, bastard, bogus, colorable, counterfeit, double dealing, dud, dummy, factitious, fake, false, feigned, forged, fraudulent, hollow, imitated, make believe, mannered, mock, phoney, phony, pinchbeck, pious, pretended, pseudo-, put on, quack, queer, rose water, sham, shoddy, simulated, snide, spurious, studied, supposititious, telltale, token, unreal, untrue, untruthful), Puding (pud, pudding), Beceriksiz (awkward, bungler, bungling, clumsy, duffer, feckless, flat-footed, fumbling, gauche, gawky, ham-fisted, ham-handed, heavy-handed, helpless, impractical, inapt, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, inept, inexpert, left handed, lubber, maladroit, manque, ne'er do well, never-do-well, oaf, oafish, resourceless, rude, shiftless, slouch, unaccomplished, unhandy, unskilful, untalented). (various references) Обдурювати (Fox), Підновлювати, Лісова Підстілка, 'арений Пудинг. (various references) bánh putđinh nho khô (plum duff, plum-pudding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "duff": duffel, duffels, duffer, duffers, duffle, duffles, duffs. (additional references) | |
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"Duff" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: auff, deff, df, dfb, dfd, dfg, dfuf, diffk, diffm, dof, dofo, dofu, dorf, Dorff, douf, dowf, druf, drufe, Druiff, duf, dufa, dufe, Duffa, duffy, duft, Dunfa, dupf, durf, D'urfe, Dyf, eufa, fuff, juff, nuff, udcf, Udfp, uff, wuff. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "duff" (pronounced du"f) |
| 2 | -u" f | bluff, buff, cuff, enough, fluff, gruff, guff, huff, Luff, muff, puff, rebuff, rough, ruff, scuff, Slough, snuff, stuff, tough, Tuff. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-f-f-u" | |
-1 letter: fud. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-f-f-u" | |
+1 letter: duffs. | |
+2 letters: buffed, cuffed, duffel, duffer, duffle, huffed, luffed, muffed, puffed, ruffed. | |
+3 letters: bluffed, chuffed, diffuse, duffels, duffers, duffles, dustoff, effused, fluffed, gruffed, muffled, pouffed, quaffed, ruffled, scuffed, sluffed, snuffed, stuffed. | |
+4 letters: buffered, buffeted, dandruff, diffused, diffuser, diffuses, diffusor, dustoffs, dyestuff, effulged, fourfold, guffawed, handcuff, offguard, rebuffed, scuffled, shuffled, snuffled, souffled, squiffed, suffered, sufficed, suffixed, suffused, truffled, uncuffed, woodruff. | |
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