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Definitions and meaning of tuff

tuff

English

Etymology 1

From French tuffe, tuf, from Italian tufo, from Latin tōfus. Doublet of tufa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʌf/
• Rhymes: -ʌf
• Homophone: tough

Noun

tuff (countable and uncountable, plural tuffs)

1. (petrology) A light porous rock, now especially a rock composed of compacted volcanic ash varying in size from fine sand to coarse gravel.

   Synonym: tufa

Derived terms

• tuff breccia
• tufflava

Translations

Etymology 2

Adjective

tuff (comparative tuffer, superlative tuffest)

1. Eye dialect spelling of tough.

Further reading

• tuff on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, tuff

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɵf/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English tough. Attested since 1923.

Adjective

tuff (comparative tuffare, superlative tuffast)

1. (somewhat colloquial) tough

3. (colloquial) cool; badass (see usage notes)

Usage notes

Often with (sometimes tongue-in-cheek) bad boy (or girl) connotations when of a person. The sense of cool has (sometimes tongue-in-cheek) connotations of (somewhat) breaking social norms as well. A motorcycle might be called tuff for example, by association with bikers, "tuff musik" would commonly be something like heavy metal (considered cool and rebellious, "edgy"), and a "tuff frisyr" would be a cool and (slightly) provocative haircut. Sometimes a bit dated (or tongue-in-cheek), for example when describing music.

Declension

Derived terms

• tuffing

See also

• cool
• häftig

Etymology 2

Noun

tuff c

1. (petrology) tuff

Declension

References

• tuff in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tuff in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tuff in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)