sluff
Shed a card
Sluff is a variant spelling of slough, meaning to shed or cast off.
Skin sluffs, as do dead cells or layers of tissue.
In card games, particularly bridge, to sluff is to discard a card from a non-trump suit: She sluffed a low diamond.
The spelling sluff appears more often in casual or regional American usage.
Dismiss as unsuitable
- tossLight, casual throw
- ditchShallow excavated channel
- dumpWaste disposal site
- jettisonDeliberately discard, especially cargo
shuck · throwaway · dispose · purge · declutter · scrap · shed · eliminate
Mass of sliding snow
- slabThick flat piece
- powderFine dry particles
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- slideSmooth continuous movement
chute · gully · backcountry · skiing · snowpack · trigger · slope · danger
molt
Shed outer covering
scales · feathers · fur · bark · husk · dandruff · cuticle · flaking · casting · epidermis
reject
Dismiss as unsuitable
jettison · shuck · throwaway · dispose · purge · declutter · scrap · shed · eliminate · unload
snowslide
Mass of sliding snow
slide · chute · gully · backcountry · skiing · snowpack · trigger · slope · danger · runout
skip
To deliberately exclude
scrub
Clean by rubbing hard
loofah · pumice · glycolic · salicylic · microdermabrasion · dermabrasion · exfoliant · skincare · facial · resurface
- game movesmove, dodge, play, pass, block
- bridge playsfinesse, ruff, trump, discard, endplay
- card termsace, pair, flush, king of hearts, straight
- heartsheart shape, heart icon, heart emoji, red heart, heart symbol
- trick-takingtrump, trumps, trump suit, tricks, trick-taking
slufftrump
Suit outranking all others
ruff · overtrump · cross-ruff · take the trick · cover