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Definition of Fluff
1. Verb. Make a mess of, destroy or ruin. "The pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
Generic synonyms: Fail, Go Wrong, Miscarry
Derivative terms: Ballup, Botch, Botcher, Bumbler, Bungle, Bungler, Flub, Foul-up, Fuckup, Fumbler, Mess-up, Screwup, Spoil, Spoilage, Spoiling
2. Noun. Any light downy material.
3. Verb. Erect or fluff up. "The bird ruffled its feathers"
4. Noun. Something of little value or significance.
Generic synonyms: Small Beer, Trifle, Trivia, Triviality
5. Verb. Ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect. "They fluff their hair "
6. Noun. A blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines).
Definition of Fluff
1. n. Nap or down; flue; soft, downy feathers.
2. v. t. & i. To make or become fluffy; to move lightly like fluff.
Definition of Fluff
1. Noun. Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers. ¹
2. Noun. Anything inconsequential or superficial. ¹
3. Noun. Lapse, especially a mistake in an actor’s lines. ¹
4. Noun. A passive partner in a lesbian relationship. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) To make something fluffy. ¹
6. Verb. (intransitive) To become fluffy. ¹
7. Verb. (transitive intransitive of an actor or announcer) To make a mistake in one’s lines ¹
8. Verb. (transitive) To do incorrectly, for example mishit, miskick, miscue etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fluff
1. to make fluffy [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: fluffy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fluff
Literary usage of Fluff
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving by Bram Stoker (1907)
"To "fluff" means in the language of the theatre to be uncertain, inexact, imperfect.
This was too much for the poor foreigner, who up to then had understood ..."
2. The World's Wit and Humor: An Encyclopedia of the Classic Wit and Humor of by Lionel Strachey (1912)
"The Ballad of Doc fluff DOCTOR fluff, who lived in Cornville, he was hearty,
brisk, and bluff, Didn't have much extry knowledge, but in some ways knowed ..."
3. Fair Isn't Always Equal: Assessing and Grading in the Differentiated Classroom by Rick Wormeli (2006)
"Always err on the side of substance, not fluff. ... Inclusion classes provide
even more opportunities to consider fluff versus substance. ..."
4. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"wool, fluff. downcast, a. 1. See DEPRESSED. rare). 2. lowered (eyes, glance),
dejected (eyes; Antonyme: »ее UPTURNED. down«, n. pi. upland, wold (Eng.), ..."
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