Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to sluff
Participle: sluffed
Gerund: sluffing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | sluff |
| you | sluff |
| he;she;it | sluffs |
| we | sluff |
| you | sluff |
| they | sluff |
Perfect
| I | have sluffed |
| you | have sluffed |
| he;she;it | has sluffed |
| we | have sluffed |
| you | have sluffed |
| they | have sluffed |
Past
| I | sluffed |
| you | sluffed |
| he;she;it | sluffed |
| we | sluffed |
| you | sluffed |
| they | sluffed |
Pluperfect
| I | had sluffed |
| you | had sluffed |
| he;she;it | had sluffed |
| we | had sluffed |
| you | had sluffed |
| they | had sluffed |
Future
| I | will sluff |
| you | will sluff |
| he;she;it | will sluff |
| we | will sluff |
| you | will sluff |
| they | will sluff |
Future Perfect
| I | will have sluffed |
| you | will have sluffed |
| he;she;it | will have sluffed |
| we | will have sluffed |
| you | will have sluffed |
| they | will have sluffed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | sluff |
| you | sluff |
| he;she;it | sluff |
| we | sluff |
| you | sluff |
| they | sluff |
Perfect
| I | have sluffed |
| you | have sluffed |
| he;she;it | have sluffed |
| we | have sluffed |
| you | have sluffed |
| they | have sluffed |
Imperfect
| I | sluffed |
| you | sluffed |
| he;she;it | sluffed |
| we | sluffed |
| you | sluffed |
| they | sluffed |
Pluperfect
| I | had sluffed |
| you | had sluffed |
| he;she;it | had sluffed |
| we | had sluffed |
| you | had sluffed |
| they | had sluffed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would sluff |
| you | would sluff |
| he;she;it | would sluff |
| we | would sluff |
| you | would sluff |
| they | would sluff |
Perfect
| I | would have sluffed |
| you | would have sluffed |
| he;she;it | would have sluffed |
| we | would have sluffed |
| you | would have sluffed |
| they | would have sluffed |
Imperative
| you | sluff |
| we | Let's sluff |
| you | sluff |
Verbs conjugated like 'sluff'
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 'sluff'
bluff,
fluff,
luff,
pluff,
scuff,
snuff,
stuff,
buff,
chuff,
cuff,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English slough (“skin, husk, rind; cocoon; scales; cyst”), akin to Middle High German slûch (“slough”) (whence German Schlauch (“tube, hose”)).
Sample Sentences
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While I found wonderfully soft and untracked snow near the top, I ended up surprised by the firmer stuff in the chutes near the bottom, where small slides had sluffed away the soft, top layer. [1995 Jan, Peter Oliver, “Easy Doesn't Do It”, in Skiing, volume 47, number 5, page 24:]
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After temperatures warm up a little, however, the snow will "sluff", or slide, down the front of the windshield, often in small slabs. [2011 October 10, “Anatomy of an avalanche”, in Encyclopedia of Earth:]
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Blaser, for whom the rumored death of his program has been an annual affair, recalled the other day how nervous he was the first time he heard swimming might be cut his freshman year and how it became easier to sluff off the rumors. [1996 January 29, Kevin Acee, “Several coaches are worried over what will happen to their sports”, in The Free Library, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2013:]
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If either played another club, declarer would ruff on the board and sluff his diamond queen. [2009 February 16, Phillip Alder, “At a Florida Game, an Unusual Double Squeeze”, in New York Times:]
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He's sluffing off somewhere.
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Sunshine for the Latter-Day Saint Mother's Soul
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Both calls told her the same thing — that her son had been sluffing school. She felt betrayed. She had trusted this child.