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A steamed (or boiled) pudding made with flour, eggs, dried fruit and spices, and once widely popular in England and Scotland. The name is a Scottish dialectal variation of the word dough, which was apparently pronounced as rough.

Generic term for a single-headed instrument akin to the Western tambourine, usually with a goatskin membrane and often with rattles or jingles. It is known in the Middle East, Central Asia, southern Europe and parts of Africa, South Asia and Latin America.

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1. duff
   noun
   
   1: Something worthless or spurious; counterfeit money; smuggled goods. (1781 —) .
   G. Ingram 'That's all duff,' he proceeded. The announcement that so much was rubbish, as it consisted of imitation jewellery [etc.] (1935). adjective
   
   2: Counterfeit, spurious. (1889 —) .
   G. Netherwood It was said by the erks that he once sold rock on Blackpool sands. This was just 'duff gen' (1944).
   
   3: Broken, useless; of poor quality. (1956 —) .
   J. Lymington I went down to the pub because the play was so duff (1965).
   
   [Perh. from duff dough (see duff² noun).]
2. duff
   noun, orig Austral
   
   up the duff Pregnant. (1941 —) .
   X. Herbert Anyway, next thing she's up the duff. But to whom? (1975).
   
   [Prob. same word as Brit duff dough; cf. in the pudding club pregnant, at club noun.]
3. duff
   verb trans, Austral
   
   1:
   a: To steal (cattle, sheep, etc.), often altering their brands. (1859 —) .
   H. C. Baker Complaining to the police that his stock was being duffed (1978).
   
   b: To pasture (stock) illegally on another's land. (1900 —) .
   
   
   2: Brit Of a golfer: to mishit (a shot, a ball); also generally, to make a mess of. (1897 —) .
   Sunday Express The ninth provided Landale's crowning error, for he duffed two mashie shots (1927).
   
   3: to duff (someone) up to beat (someone) up. (1961 —) .
   R. Lait They had been duffed up at the police station (1968).
   
   [Perh. back-formation from duffer noun.]

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - melbudding

2.
adj. - værdiløs, ubrugelig
n. - råhumus

3.
v. tr. - kikse, ramme dårligt

idioms:

• duff up    tæve, banke, prygle

4.
n. - bagdel, gump

5.
n. - gravid

Nederlands (Dutch)
prul, rottend blad, gestoomde pudding

Français (French)
1.
n. - (Culin) pudding

2.
adj. - déglingué (machine, montre), mort (ampoule), raté, loupé (un coup), stupide, inepte (suggestion, idée)
n. - matière végétale en décomposition (en forêt)

3.
v. tr. - maquiller, louper, maquiller (marchandise volée), truquer

idioms:

• duff up    tabasser qn

4.
n. - (US) postérieur

5.
n. - enceinte, en cloque

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - dicker Mehlpudding

2.
adj. - (Slang) wertlos, nutzlos
n. - humusartiger Waldboden

3.
v. - das Aussehen verändern, (Golf) verfehlen, stehlen u. das Brandzeichen ändern, zusammenschlagen

idioms:

• duff up    verhauen, verprügeln

4.
n. - Hinterbacke, Gesäßhälfte

5.
n. - schwanger

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - οπίσθια, καπούλια, πουτίγκα από αλεύρι και λίπος, καρβουνόσκονη
v. - χτυπώ (μπάλα) αδέξια, κλέβω ζώα αλλάζοντας τη σφραγίδα
adj. - άχρηστος, αποτυχημένος

idioms:

• duff up    δέρνω, χτυπάω κάποιον άγρια

Italiano (Italian)
pasta di pane

idioms:

• duff up    malmenare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tipo de pudim (m), grávida (f) (gír.)
v. - bater e machucar alguém
adj. - quebrado, inútil

idioms:

• duff up    bater em alguém

Русский (Russian)
подделывать, обманывать

idioms:

• duff up    отлупить

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - budín, pudín

2.
adj. - de muy baja calidad
n. - mantillo, tierra vegetal

3.
v. tr. - golpear sin precisión, robar ganado, engañar

idioms:

• duff up    dar una paliza, zurrar

4.
n. - el trasero

5.
n. - encinta

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - pudding
v. - piffa upp, fiffla
adj. - usel

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 水果干布丁

idioms:

• duff up    痛打, 毒打

2. 半腐烂的落叶堆

3. 使人以为新, 球杆没打中球

4. 揉好的面团

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. tr. - 使人以為新, 球杆沒打中球

2.
n. - 半腐爛的落葉堆

3.
n. - 揉好的麵團

4.
n. - 水果乾布丁

idioms:

• duff up    痛打, 毒打

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 밀가루 푸딩

2.
adj. - 매우 좋지 않은 질의
n. - 숲에서 약간 썩은 유기체

3.
v. tr. - ~을 신품으로 속여서 팔다, 헛쳐서 앞쪽 땅을 치다

idioms:

• duff up    때리다

4.
n. - 엉덩이

5.
n. - 임신

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ダフ, 粉炭, 落葉枝

idioms:

• duff up    見せかける, ごまかす

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نوع من الحلوى عادة تحتوي على فواكه مجففه يسمى ( البودنج), دقيق الفحم, مادة عضويه نصف متعفنه فوق تربه الغابه (صفه) عديم القيمه أو الفائدة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רפרפת חמה‬
n. - ‮מזוייף, חסר-ערך, חסר-תועלת, שבור‬
v. tr. - ‮עשה עבודה גרועה, החטיא (כדור גולף), גנב פרות ושינה את הסימון עליהן‬
n. - ‮חומר מהחי במצב ריקבון על אדמת היער, פחם משובח ויבש‬
n. - ‮אישה הרה‬

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