sluff

Definitions

1. Alternative spelling of slough (skin shed by a snake or other reptile).
   alt-of, alternative
2. Acronym of Short Little Ugly Fat Fellow (or Fucker), US Airforce nickname for the A-7 bomber.
   US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, slang
3. Alternative spelling of slough (dead skin on a sore or ulcer).
   alt-of, alternative
4. An avalanche, mudslide, or a like slumping of material or debris.

Examples

“That is the sluff of a rattler; we must be careful.”

“This is the sluff that came off of his skin after the burn.”

“The Scouts learned from expert Keith Burke that snow⟳ avalanches come⟳ in different forms. A powder or "sluff" avalanche starts at a single point⟳ and fans out as surface snow⟳ slides downhill. These avalanches are not as violent as slab avalanches. Slab avalanches are very dangerous. They occur⟳ when a whole hillside of snow⟳ breaks loose in a giant slab, which then breaks into snow⟳ blocks that tumble downhill faster and faster.”

“At least for small sluffs like⟳ the ones Brown and his colleagues have⟳ triggered, the avalanche slides like⟳ a block⟳ of material instead of flowing like⟳ a fluid.”

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