sluffing
Skin flaking away
Sluffing is an alternate spelling of sloughing, used when the verb slough is pronounced to rhyme with "stuff" rather than "slew." It most often describes dead skin or tissue separating and falling away: The sunburned skin was sluffing off in sheets.
In card games, particularly bridge, sluffing means discarding a card from a non-trump suit when unable to follow suit.
The spelling reflects the casual or regional pronunciation that drops the "ough" complexity.
Periodic shedding of covering
- peelingComing off in strips
- flakingShedding in layers
- danderMicroscopic shed skin
- scalinessHaving overlapping plates
moulting · leaf-fall · deciduous · renewal · metamorphosis · snakeskin · casting · autumnal
Shedding surface skin cells
- scrubClean by rubbing hard
- peelOuter fruit layer
- microdermabrasionMechanical exfoliation of outer skin
- buffingFriction-based shine work
resurfacing · dermabrasion · glycolic · salicylic · enzyme · facial · cleansing · polish
Unauthorized absence from school
- ditchingHastily discarding something
- hookyUnauthorized school absence
- bunkingSleeping somewhere temporarily
- absenteeismHabitual failure to attend
Losing outer covering
- disposingGetting rid of something
- rejectingRefusing to accept
- tossingLight underhand throw
- dumpingDisposing carelessly or abruptly
jettisoning · abandoning · unloading · purging · releasing · dismissing
molting
Periodic shedding of covering
scaliness · moulting · leaf-fall · deciduous · renewal · metamorphosis · snakeskin · casting · autumnal
exfoliation
Shedding surface skin cells
- scrubClean by rubbing hard
- peelOuter fruit layer
- microdermabrasionMechanical exfoliation of outer skin
buffing · resurfacing · dermabrasion · glycolic · salicylic · enzyme · facial · cleansing · polish · renewal
truancy
Unauthorized absence from school
- ditchingHastily discarding something
- hookyUnauthorized school absence
- bunkingSleeping somewhere temporarily
absenteeism · dodging · avoiding · shirking
shedding
Losing outer covering
dumping · jettisoning · abandoning · unloading · purging · releasing · dismissing
sluffingregenerating
Forming anew after loss
healing · growing · renewing · rebuilding · forming
sluffingattending
Being at an event
engaging · applying oneself · buckling down · committing · showing up
sluffingaccumulating
Gathering in increasing quantity
amassing · gathering · building up · collecting · retaining