duff
noun
the buttocks or rump.
duffing
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present participleof duff.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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BROADCASTER: He went into his previous Masters duffing chips all over the place, yet he was fine when he got there, so you can never tell with him.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 13, 2018
He can’t make it nine consecutive points on his serve, duffing another lob into the net, but he holds to 15 with a booming ace down the middle.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 29, 2016
When they got down to hitting a golf ball, Fowler was the first to cock it up, duffing his greenside chip to gift the best player in the world first blood after just five minutes.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 28, 2014
England's agony has gone on, day after day, like that same golfer being forced to play round after failing round, an Open every week, duffing drives and missing putts, swing in pieces, galleries guffawing.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2013
There was no one in sight and nothing to prove how the animals had got there, but a clearer case of duffing could scarcely have been found.
From A Crime of the Under-seas by Boothby, Guy Newell
