English-Thai Dictionary

duffer

N คนโง่ ไม่ได้เรื่อง  kon-ngor-mai-dai-rueang

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DUFFER

DUFFER Duf "fer, n.

 

1. A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap, flashy articles, as sham jewelry; hence, a sham or cheat. [Slang, Eng. ] Halliwell.

 

2. A stupid, awkward, inefficient person. [Slang ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

duffer

duf fer |ˈdəfər ˈdəfər | ▶noun informal an incompetent or stupid person, esp. an elderly one: he's the most worthless old duffer. • a person inexperienced at something, esp. at playing golf. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Scots dowfart ‘stupid person, ’ from douf ‘spiritless. ’

 

duffer

duffer 2 |ˈdʌfə | ▶noun Austral. informal a person who steals and alters the brands on cattle. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: of unknown origin; in use earlier as thieves' slang for ‘someone who sells trashy articles as if they were valuable ’.

 

Oxford Dictionary

duffer

duffer 1 |ˈdʌfə | ▶noun informal 1 an incompetent or stupid person: a complete duffer at languages. 2 Austral. /NZ an unproductive mine. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Scots dowfart ‘stupid person ’, from douf ‘spiritless ’.

 

duffer

duffer 2 |ˈdʌfə | ▶noun Austral. informal a person who steals and alters the brands on cattle. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: of unknown origin; in use earlier as thieves' slang for ‘someone who sells trashy articles as if they were valuable ’.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

duffer

duffer noun informal he's such a duffer —we shouldn't have hired him: bungler, blunderer, incompetent, oaf, dunce, dolt, dunderhead, fool, idiot, booby, stupid person, moron, cretin, imbecile; informal chump, clot, clod, nitwit, dimwit, airhead, birdbrain, lamebrain, pea-brain, numbskull, thickhead, fathead, blockhead, bonehead, meathead, chucklehead, knucklehead, pinhead, wooden-head, dipstick, dumb-bell, dumbhead, dumbo, dum-dum, noodle, donkey, ass, nerd; Brit. informal berk, divvy, wally, numpty, wazzock, nit, mug, prat, twerp, twonk, pillock, muppet; Scottish informal balloon, galoot, cuddy, nyaff; N. Amer. informal doofus, goofball, goof, putz, bozo, boob, lamer, chowderhead, meatball, lummox, dummy, turkey, clunk, ding-a-ling, palooka; Austral. /NZ informal galah, drongo, alec, dingbat.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

duffer

duf fer /dʌ́fə r /名詞 C ｟主に英 くだけて やや古 ｠下手くそ, まぬけ ▸ an old duffer よぼよぼした老人