verb
- past tense of sluff: to shed or cast off (skin, scales, etc.)
- past tense of sluff: to avoid or skip (work, responsibility, etc.)
Usage: informal
Examples
- The snake sluffed its old skin in the terrarium.
- Dead cells are naturally sluffed off by the body.
- He sluffed his afternoon classes to go to the beach.
- She sluffed her chores and went out with friends instead.
- The lizard had sluffed several scales during molting.
- They sluffed their homework assignments all week.