sluff

Meanings

Noun

• Alternate spelling of slough .
• Alternate spelling of slough .
• An avalanche, mudslide, or a like slumping of material or debris.

Verb

• Alternate spelling of slough .
• ignore, shrug (off)
• Alternate spelling of slough .
• to avoid working
• To play truant from (school).

Origin

• From Middle English slough ("skin, husk, rind; cocoon; scales; cyst"), akin to Middle High German slûch ("slough") (whence German Schlauch ("tube, hose")).