fluff (fl f)n.1. Light down or fuzz, as on a young bird or on a dandelion or milkweed seed. 2. Something having a very light, soft, or frothy consistency or appearance: a fluff of meringue; a fluff of cloud. 3. Something of little substance or consequence, especially: a. Light or superficial entertainment: The movie was just another bit of fluff from Hollywood. b. Inflated or padded material: The report was mostly fluff, with little new information. 4. The parts of a junked car that are not metal and cannot be recycled. 5. Informal An error, especially in the delivery of lines, as by an actor or announcer. v. fluffed, fluff·ing, fluffs v.tr.1. To make fluffy: fluff a pillow; a squirrel fluffing out its tail. 2. Informal a. To ruin or mar by a mistake or blunder: They fluffed their chance to participate in the playoffs by losing their last three games. b. To forget or botch (one's lines). v.intr.1. To become fluffy. 2. Informal To make an error, especially to forget or botch one's lines.
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fluff Noun 1. soft light particles, such as the down of cotton or wool 2. Informal a mistake, esp. in speaking or reading lines Verb 1. to make or become soft and puffy 2. Informal to make a mistake in performing [probably from earlier flue downy matter] fluffy adj fluffiness n
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. | fluff - any light downy materialmaterial, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread" | | 2. | fluff - something of little value or significance | | 3. | fluff - a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall, bloomer - an embarrassing mistake | | Verb | 1. | fluff - make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, foul up, fuck up, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, ball up, spoil, muff, screw up, fumble, blow go wrong, miscarry, fail - be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably" | | 2. | fluff - erect or fluff up; "the bird ruffled its feathers"loosen - make less dense; "loosen the soil" | | 3. | fluff - ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effectcomb out, comb, disentangle - smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool" |
fluff verb 2. ( Informal) mess up, spoil, bungle, screw up ( informal), ( informal) cock up Brit. ( slang) foul up ( informal) make a nonsense of, be unsuccessful in, make a mess off, muddle, crool or cruel Austral. ( slang)
Translations fluff [flʌf] n → pelusa
fluff [flʌf] n → duvet m;
fluff [flʌf] n → Fussel m;
fluff [flʌf] n → lanugine f
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