Citations:shluff

English citations of shluff

Etymology

Yiddish שלאָפֿן (shlofn, “to sleep”).

Verb

1. To sleep; to nap or to rest.

Quotations

• 1997. Magda Denes. Castles burning: a Child's Life in War, page 166[1]:

  "Schluff," my grandfather said tenderly, breaking a long-standing rule imposed on him never, ever to speak Yiddish, the despised language of the Jewish lower classes. "Schluff, my tochterle.

• 2001. Harold Carlton. The Handsomest Sons in the World: A Memoir, page 75[2]:

  'You don't schluff because you're tired,' he tried to explain. 'It's more a question of relaxing. Sleep is a natural cure.'

• 2007. David Minkoff. Oy!: The Ultimate Book of Jewish Jokes, page 365[3]:

  After twenty minutes in an idle state, your PC would go "shluffen" (to sleep).

Derived terms

• shluffy

References

• shluffy, The JPS dictionary of Jewish words, by Joyce Eisenberg, Ellen Scolnic, Jewish Publication Society, page 154.