tuff

[ tuhf ]

/ tʌf /

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adjective Slang.

tough (def. 13).

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Words nearby tuff

Tues., Tuesday, Tuesdays, TUF, tufa, tuff, tuffet, tuffstone body, tuft, tufted, tufted cell

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tuff²

[ tuhf ]

/ tʌf /

noun Geology.

a fragmental rock consisting of the smaller kinds of volcanic detritus, as ash or cinder, usually more or less stratified.

Also called volcanic tuff.

Origin of tuff

1560–70; <French tuf<Italian tufo.See tufa

OTHER WORDS FROM tuff

tuff·a·ceous

[tuh-fey-shuhs], /tʌˈfeɪ ʃəs/, adjective

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How to use tuff in a sentence

All of them, Tuff and Kellie and Clyde and Elsie, like to take this wherever they go: He died doing what he wanted to do.
The Death of a Rodeo Cowboy|Peter Richmond|May 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“This is all we live for,” Tuff Hedeman was saying on the Astrodome floor, far removed from Willie and his friends.
The Death of a Rodeo Cowboy|Peter Richmond|May 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Tuff and Tracie and Kellie lost count of the hours they spent waiting on Lane after the rodeos.
The Death of a Rodeo Cowboy|Peter Richmond|May 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Antoinette Tuff, who tried to kill herself nine months earlier, talked him out of it.
The Woman Who Stopped a School Shooting|Caitlin Dickson|January 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Tuff cared for Derrick and his older sister, LaVita, while working two or three jobs at a time.
The Woman Who Stopped a School Shooting|Caitlin Dickson|January 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Tha are verry tuff ov life, and will outlive an injun rubber shoe, and don't seem tew gro old enny faster than a paving stone duz.
Josh Billings, Hiz Sayings|Henry Wheeler Shaw
The phenomena presented by the necks of intrusive rock do not differ from those characteristic of agglomerate or tuff necks.
Geology|James Geikie
Tuff's waistcoat was yellow, and every color known to the spectroscope was employed to make up Tuff's copious trousers.
Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York|Lemuel Ely Quigg
The people that are getting it up—er, well, I'm afraid they're not very friendly to me, Tuff.
Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York|Lemuel Ely Quigg
Large areas are overlain with trachyte, basalt, obsidian, tuff and pumice.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5|Various

British Dictionary definitions for tuff

tuff

/ (tʌf) /

noun

a rock formed by the fusing together on the ground of small rock fragments (less than 2 mm across) ejected from a volcano

Derived forms of tuff

tuffaceous (tʌˈfeɪʃəs), adjective

Word Origin for tuff

C16: from Old French tuf, from Italian tufo; see tufa

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Scientific definitions for tuff

tuff

[ tŭf ]

A rock made up of particles of volcanic ash, varying in size from fine sand to coarse gravel.