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tuff

Pronunciation: /tʌf/

The English word “tuff” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

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

adjective

  1. Impressive, amazing, awesome, cool.

Etymology

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

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