duff – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of duff

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to duff
Participle: duffed
Gerund: duffing

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Iduff
youduff
he;she;itduffs
weduff
youduff
theyduff

Perfect

Ihave duffed
youhave duffed
he;she;ithas duffed
wehave duffed
youhave duffed
theyhave duffed

Past

Iduffed
youduffed
he;she;itduffed
weduffed
youduffed
theyduffed

Pluperfect

Ihad duffed
youhad duffed
he;she;ithad duffed
wehad duffed
youhad duffed
theyhad duffed

Future

Iwill duff
youwill duff
he;she;itwill duff
wewill duff
youwill duff
theywill duff

Future Perfect

Iwill have duffed
youwill have duffed
he;she;itwill have duffed
wewill have duffed
youwill have duffed
theywill have duffed

Subjunctive

Present

Iduff
youduff
he;she;itduff
weduff
youduff
theyduff

Perfect

Ihave duffed
youhave duffed
he;she;ithave duffed
wehave duffed
youhave duffed
theyhave duffed

Imperfect

Iduffed
youduffed
he;she;itduffed
weduffed
youduffed
theyduffed

Pluperfect

Ihad duffed
youhad duffed
he;she;ithad duffed
wehad duffed
youhad duffed
theyhad duffed

Conditional

Present

Iwould duff
youwould duff
he;she;itwould duff
wewould duff
youwould duff
theywould duff

Perfect

Iwould have duffed
youwould have duffed
he;she;itwould have duffed
wewould have duffed
youwould have duffed
theywould have duffed

Imperative

youduff
weLet's duff
youduff

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam duffing
youare duffing
he;she;itis duffing
weare duffing
youare duffing
theyare duffing

Perfect

Ihave been duffing
youhave been duffing
he;she;ithas been duffing
wehave been duffing
youhave been duffing
theyhave been duffing

Past

Iwas duffing
youwere duffing
he;she;itwas duffing
wewere duffing
youwere duffing
theywere duffing

Pluperfect

Ihad been duffing
youhad been duffing
he;she;ithad been duffing
wehad been duffing
youhad been duffing
theyhad been duffing

Future

Iwill be duffing
youwill be duffing
he;she;itwill be duffing
wewill be duffing
youwill be duffing
theywill be duffing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been duffing
youwill have been duffing
he;she;itwill have been duffing
wewill have been duffing
youwill have been duffing
theywill have been duffing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be duffing
youwould be duffing
he;she;itwould be duffing
wewould be duffing
youwould be duffing
theywould be duffing

Perfect

Iwould have been duffing
youwould have been duffing
he;she;itwould have been duffing
wewould have been duffing
youwould have been duffing
theywould have been duffing

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'duff'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'duff'

buff, cuff, daff, diff, doff, fuff, guff, huff, luff, muff,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Originally thieves' slang; probably a back-formation from duffer.

Verbs referencing "duff"

Japanese ダフる.

Sample Sentences

  • A person once taken-in by smuggled handkerchiefs, or anything, won’t deal with a hawker again, even though there’s no deception. But ‘duffing,’ and all that is going down fast, and I wish it was gone altogether. [1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861:]