sluff

== English == === Alternative forms === slough === Etymology === From Middle English slough (“skin, husk, rind; cocoon; scales; cyst”), akin to Middle High German slûch (“slough”) (whence German Schlauch (“tube, hose”)). === Pronunciation === enPR: slŭf, IPA(key): /slʌf/ Rhymes: -ʌf === Noun === sluff (plural sluffs) Alternative spelling of slough (skin shed by a snake or other reptile). Alternative spelling of slough (dead skin on a sore or ulcer). An avalanche, mudslide, or a like slumping of material or debris. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === sluff (third-person singular simple present sluffs, present participle sluffing, simple past and past participle sluffed) Alternative spelling of slough (to shed or to slide off). ignore, shrug (off) Alternative spelling of slough (discard). to avoid working He's sluffing off somewhere. (transitive, Utah, Idaho) To play truant from (school). Sunshine for the Latter-Day Saint Mother's Soul Both calls told her the same thing — that her son had been sluffing school. She felt betrayed. She had trusted this child. ==== Translations ==== === Derived terms === sluffy === Anagrams === Luffs, luffs