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Huff-Duff

[ huhf-duhf ]

noun

  1. a method used by the Allies in World War II for locating enemy submarines and other naval or land targets through simultaneous bearings on their radio transmissions.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Huff-Duff1

Vocalization of the abbreviation h.f.d.f. for high-frequency direction finder

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