Definitions
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- noun The skin shed by a
snake or other reptile. - noun Dead skin on a
sore orulcer . - noun an
avalanche ,mudslide , or a likeslumping of material or debris - verb transitive to
shed ,remove , get rid of,slide (off) - verb
ignore ,shrug (off) - verb bridge to
discard - verb to avoid working
Etymologies
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Examples
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After temperatures warm up a little, however, the snow will "sluff," or slide, down the front of the windshield, often in small slabs.
Avalanche 2008
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Some consider the downbeats of band the very beat to their hearts, while others are there treating it as a 'sluff' class.
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She can be in control of her sexuality and sluff off the SLUT label that so many Latinas get, whether or not we're having sex.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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She can be in control of her sexuality and sluff off the SLUT label that so many Latinas get, whether or not we're having sex.
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Generally I just sluff it off but there were two instances that I really remember.
Travelling panhandlers can f--k right off Tyler 2009
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I was able to sluff off all the crossovers and new series and turn it into a manageable pile of reading material.
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South gets a fourth chance: When East takes the king, he is end-played; he must lead a diamond from his queen or concede a ruff-sluff.
Bridge Frank Stewart 2010
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It's horrible and to just sluff it off is gd mind boggling.
In Public Letter, Hillary Camp Challenges Obama To More Debates 2009
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The way she is trying to sluff off the fact that she didn't do her job in the senate and stop this horrible travesty speaks volumes.
Hillary Official Who Made Obama Drug Comment Is A Goner 2009
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So I wanted to share with you what little I was able to sluff off on others, as well as a few more to fill it out to actual make it a list.
yarb commented on the word sluff
"...during winter, piles do sluff reducing capacity a little."
- email from manager of coal inventory, 25-11-08.
November 26, 2008
sarra commented on the word sluff
slough?
November 26, 2008
yarb commented on the word sluff
Sluff certainly seems to be a variant of slough. But I think he means slip, subside or flatten.
November 26, 2008
dontcry commented on the word sluff
Slimy + stuff = Sluff. I blend.
November 26, 2008
yarb commented on the word sluff
What's the word for what happens to a pyramid, or cone, when its height decreases and its base expands?
November 26, 2008
dontcry commented on the word sluff
I give up.
November 26, 2008
bilby commented on the word sluff
Pyramiddle age?
November 26, 2008
dontcry commented on the word sluff
Good one!
November 27, 2008
rabergera commented on the word sluff
Sluff means "to ditch" here in Utah (and probably Idaho too. Idaho copies us).
"I ended up sluffing English today. I can't handle Mrs. Anderson."
September 29, 2015