sluff
see also: SLUFF
Pronunciation Noun

sluff (plural sluffs)

  1. Alternative spelling of slough skin shed by a snake or other reptile.
    That is the sluff of a rattler; we must be careful.
  2. 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. An avalanche, mudslide, or a like slumping of material or debris.
Verb

sluff (sluffs, present participle sluffing; past and past participle sluffed)

  1. Alternative spelling of slough to shed or to slide off.
  2. ignore, shrug (off)
  3. Alternative spelling of slough discard.
  4. to avoid working
    He's sluffing off somewhere.
  5. (transitive) 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.

SLUFF
Noun

sluff (plural sluffs)

  1. (slang, US, Air Force) Acronym of US Airforce nickname for the A-7 bomber.
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