'Duffer' definitions:
Definition of 'duffer'
(from WordNet)
noun
An incompetent or clumsy person; "as a golfer he was only a duffer"
Definition of 'Duffer'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A stupid, awkward, inefficient person.[Slang] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Duffer'
From: GCIDE
- Duffer \Duf"fer\, n.
- 1. (Mining) See Shicer. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. (Zool.) Any common domestic pigeon. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'Duffer'
From: GCIDE
- Duffer \Duf"fer\, n. One who duffs cattle, etc. [Australia]
- Unluckily, cattle stealers are by no means so rare as would be desirable; they are locally known as duffers. --Baden-Powell. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'duffer'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arab,
- blockhead,
- blunderer,
- boob,
- bungler,
- butterfingers,
- clumsy,
- dimwit,
- dolt,
- dope,
- dub,
- dumbbell,
- foozler,
- foul-up,
- fumble-fist,
- goof,
- goofball,
- goofer,
- hawker,
- hick,
- higgler,
- huckster,
- idiot,
- ignoramus,
- incompetent,
- lummox,
- lump,
- monger,
- muff,
- muffer,
- numskull,
- oaf,
- ox,
- roadman,
- rube,
- slob,
- stumblebum,
- stumblebunny,
- vendor