to duff

Examples

• All

• I was just ready to duff Duke out.

  Coach Carter (2005)

• You duffed him up, I hope.

  Frenzy (1972)

• More often than not, I'll duff the shot.

  Fiction book (2002)

• So, you thought you were gonna duff the Angelface, yeah?

  Offender (2012)

• I thought they'd just duff him up a bit.

  Get Carter (1971)

• Ops had given the go-ahead, but the weather duffed up.

  Chicken Run (2000)

• Glatt duffs the shot, gets it back to Laflamme.

  Goon (2012)

• Well, I trust with the concord of our powers we can duff up the jiggery-pokery of these blighters and send them scuffering back to the fractious firmament from whence they came!

  Pixels (2015)

• He tends to duff his golf shots when he gets nervous.

• If you don't practice, you might duff the presentation.

Synonyms

B

to botch

vsto duff

63 6.0

To do something badly and spoil the result

focuses more on failing awkwardly than on spoiling the final result

F

to fumble

vsto duff

19 3.5

To do something clumsily and make a mistake

is about failing more broadly, not only one clumsy handling

B

to bumble

vsto duff

18 5.4

To move in a clumsy, confused way

means failing or performing badly not only awkward movement or speech

M

to muff

vsto duff

5 8.2

To fail to catch or handle something because you are clumsy

applies to failing or performing badly in many situations not only performances

F

to fall flat on one's face

vsto duff

• Informal

5 7.1

To fail completely and feel embarrassed in front of others

refers to failing or performing badly but often less completely or intensely

B

to bodge

vsto duff

• UK

9.9

Do a job badly so it does not work

means failing or performing poorly focusing on awkward action rather than messy appearance

M

to make a schmutter

vsto duff

• Slang

9.9

To do something badly so it goes wrong

implies failing often because of clumsy or awkward behaviour

B

to belly-flop

vsto duff

• Informal

6.9

To fail completely in an embarrassing way

signifies failing or performing badly but usually less extreme or catastrophic

Antonyms

S

to succeed

846 2.0

To reach a goal after trying hard

E

to excel

58 3.7

To be much better than other people at an activity or subject

Idioms

U

up the duff

• Slang

1 9.9

A woman who is expecting a baby

Compounds

P

plum duff

• Archaic

1 9.9

A steamed or boiled sweet pudding made with dried fruit like raisins and currants

How Badly

to bungle

16 6.8

to duff

• UK

1 9.4

to mess up

• Informal

597 2.8

to slip up

• Informal

27 4.1

Surface Forms

Etymology