sluff

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Alternative spelling of slough (skin shed by a snake or other reptile).

   That is the sluff of a rattler; we must be careful.

2. noun Alternative spelling of slough (dead skin on a sore or ulcer).

   This is the sluff that came off of his skin after the burn.

3. noun An avalanche, mudslide, or a like slumping of material or debris.
4. verb Alternative spelling of slough (to shed or to slide off).
5. verb ignore, shrug (off)
6. verb Alternative spelling of slough (discard).
7. verb to avoid working

   He's sluffing off somewhere.

8. verb To play truant from (school).

Similar words

ruff slide snowslip slumpage landslip slud landslide slushflow mudslide slumping

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