(Polari) Pound sterling: the currency of Great Britain; money generally.
(historical) An old Russian unit of weight, approximately 410 grams.
fust
fust
adj
Nonstandard form of first.
noun
(architecture) The shaft (main body) of a column.
(nautical, historical) A type of small galley.
A strong musty smell; mustiness.
verb
(intransitive) Of wine: to acquire an undesirable musty or woody taste from the cask in which it is stored.
(intransitive, obsolete) To turn mouldy, to decay.
fute
fute
verb
(obsolete) To whistle.
futz
futz
noun
(vulgar, colloquial, dialectal, derogatory) An objectionable woman.
verb
To be frivolous and waste time.
To experiment by trial and error.
gftu
tofu
tofu
noun
(computing, typography) A box or rectangle, empty or with a question mark or hexadecimal code inside, displayed by some systems in place of a character not supported by available fonts. (such as _□ or )
A protein-rich food made from curdled soy milk.
tufa
tufa
noun
(petrology) A variety of volcanic rock, tuff.
Calcareous lime deposited by precipitation from a body of water, such as a hot spring.
tuff
tuff
adj
Eye dialect spelling of tough.
noun
(petrology) A light porous rock, now especially a rock composed of compacted volcanic ash varying in size from fine sand to coarse gravel.
tuft
tuft
noun
(historical) A gold tassel on the cap worn by titled undergraduates at English universities.
(historical) A person entitled to wear such a tassel.
A bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base.
A cluster of threads drawn tightly through upholstery, a mattress or a quilt, etc., to secure and strengthen the padding.
A small clump of trees or bushes.
verb
(intransitive) To be formed into tufts.
(transitive) To form into tufts.
(transitive) To provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts.
(transitive) To secure and strengthen (a mattress, quilt, etc.) with tufts. This hinders the stuffing from moving.
turf
turf
noun
(countable) A block of peat used as fuel.
(countable) A piece of such a layer cut from the soil. May be used as sod to make a lawn, dried for peat, stacked to form earthen structures, etc.
(uncountable) A layer of earth covered with grass; sod.
(uncountable, slang) A territory claimed by a person, gang, etc., as their own.
(uncountable, with "the", sports) A racetrack, hippodrome; or the sport of racing horses.
verb
(Ultimate Frisbee) To throw a frisbee well short of its intended target, usually causing it to hit the ground within 10 yards of its release.
(business) To cancel a project or product.
(business) To fire from a job or dismiss from a task.
(informal, transitive) To expel, eject, or throw out; to turf out.
(medical slang, transitive) To transfer or attempt to transfer (a patient or case); to eschew or avoid responsibility for.
To cover with turf; to create a lawn by laying turfs.