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fufu
English
Alternative forms
- foofoo
- foo-foo
Etymology
From West African languages such as Ewe, fufú meaning 'white-white'.
Noun
fufu (uncountable)
- A dish of boiled, mashed cassava mixed with plantain, yams, or other starchy vegetables, common as food in West and Equatorial Africa and the Caribbean. Sold in speciality stores (US) in dry powdered or granulated form.
Synonyms
- (dish of yams etc): choke-me (Caribbean)
References
- Frederic Gomes Cassidy and Robert Brock Le Page (editors), Dictionary of Jamaican English, Second Edition, University of the West Indies Press (2002), page 185.
Krio
Etymology
From any of various African languages that share this word.
Noun
fufu
- fufu
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fuff
English
Etymology
Imitative. Compare puff.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?f
Verb
fuff (third-person singular simple present fuffs, present participle fuffing, simple past and past participle fuffed)
- (dialect, transitive, intransitive) To puff.
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Noun
fuff (plural fuffs)
- (dialect) A puff.
- (dialect) The spitting of a cat.
- (dialect) A burst of anger.
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