sluffing

/ˈslʌfɪŋ/
verb
  1. Shedding or casting off dead tissue, skin, or a covering.
    • The caterpillar keeps sluffing its exoskeleton as it grows.
    • The lizard is sluffing its old scales in patches.
    • After the burn healed, the skin started sluffing naturally.
  2. Getting rid of something unwanted or unnecessary.
    • They are sluffing old inventory to make way for new products.
    • She kept sluffing her responsibilities onto others.
    • The team is sluffing bad habits one by one.
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