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- Dictionaryfluff/flʌf/
noun
- 1. soft fibres from fabrics such as wool or cotton which accumulate in small light clumps: "he brushed his sleeve to remove the fluff" Similar
- 2. entertainment or writing perceived as trivial or superficial: "the film is a piece of typical Hollywood fluff"
verb
- 1. make (something) appear fuller and softer by shaking or brushing it: "I fluffed up the pillows"
- 2. fail to perform or accomplish (something) successfully or well: informal "the extra fluffed his only line" Similar Opposite
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a soft mass of fibers, feathers, or hair: cotton fluff. The cat, a ball of white fluff, darted into the house and started to lick its fur. We’d lie on our backs and blow the dandelion fluff into the neighbor’s yard.
1. : to make fluffy. fluff the pillows. birds fluffing up their feathers. 2. a. : to spoil by a mistake : botch. b. : to deliver badly or forget (one's lines) in a play. intransitive verb. 1.
a soft mass of fibers, feathers, or hair: cotton fluff. The cat, a ball of white fluff, darted into the house and started to lick its fur. We’d lie on our backs and blow the dandelion fluff into the neighbor’s yard.
Fluff is a soft, light puffy or feathery material. Your pet angora rabbit is covered in fluff, and when you blow the down off a dandelion, you can call that fluff too.
a soft, light, downy mass: a fluff of summer clouds. something of no consequence: The book is pure fluff, but fun to read. an error or blunder, especially an actor's memory lapse in the delivery of lines.
Fluff definition: Light down or fuzz, as on a young bird or on a dandelion or milkweed seed.
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.
fluff something (out/up) to shake or brush something so that it looks larger and/or softer. The female sat on the eggs, fluffing out her feathers. Let me fluff up your pillows for you.
If you fluff something that you are trying to do, you are unsuccessful or you do it badly. She fluffed her interview at the university. American English : fluff / ˈflʌf /
FLUFF definition: 1. small, loose bits of wool or other soft material: 2. to fail to do something successfully: . Learn more.
