Daff Meaning in English

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UK

التعريف

A British slang verb meaning to act silly, waste time doing nothing serious, or mess around instead of working.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Very informal and mainly British English. Common in speech among friends; rarely written. Similar to 'goof off' or 'mess around.' Not used in American English. Often appears as 'daff about/around.'

• Spanish: hacer el tonto (slang) - holgazanear (slang)
• Portuguese (BR): vadiar (gíria) - agir como bobo (gíria)
• Portuguese (PT): vadiar (gíria) - portar-se como tolo (gíria)
• Chinese (Simplified): 无所事事（俚语）- 傻傻地玩耍（俚语）
• Chinese (Traditional): 無所事事（俚語）- 傻傻地玩耍（俚語）
• Hindi: मूर्खता करना (स्लैंग) - आलसी घूमना (स्लैंग)
• Arabic: يتصرّف بسخافة (عامية) - يتسكع بلا هدف (عامية)
• Bengali: আলসেমি করা - অকাজ করা - ঢিলেঢালা ঘুরে বেড়ানো
• Russian: бездельничать - валять дурака - прокрастинировать
• Japanese: ふざける - だらだらする - 遊び回る
• Vietnamese: làm biếng - đùa giỡn - lêu lổng
• Korean: 빈둥거리다 - 장난치다 - 시간 끌다
• Turkish: oyalanmak - aylaklık etmek - boş boş gezmek
• Urdu: وقت ضائع کرنا - فضول کام کرنا - ادھر اُدھر گھومنا
• Indonesian: berleha-leha - bermalas-malasan - main-main

جمل نموذجية

Stop daffing and help me with the dishes.

basic

He spent the whole afternoon just daffing around the house.

basic

If you daff about all day, you'll never finish your work.

basic

We should stop daffing about and get down to business.

natural

They're always daffing around during meetings instead of paying attention.

natural

I wasted half my morning just daffing about on my phone.

natural