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Definition of Fluff up
1. Verb. Make fuller by shaking. "Fluff up the pillows"
Definition of Fluff up
1. Verb. To plump up ¹
2. Verb. (idiomatic) to make a gaffe or blunder. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fluff Up
Literary usage of Fluff up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Read and Understand Science: Grades 3-4 by Martha Cheney (2002)
"When birds are cold they fluff up their feathers. This creates many small pockets
of warm air between the feathers. (Like the air pockets in Ricky's ..."
2. Nature Study: A Pupil's Text-book by Frank Overton, Mary E. Hill (1905)
"The seeds now ripen and send up slender stems which lift the fluff up like
umbrellas, and push the dried flowers out so that they fall away. ..."
3. Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3-8 by Stephanie Harvey (1998)
"She smoothed the sheets and tucked in the blankets, murmuring, "fluff up your
pillow, tuck you in." Elizabeth rarely spoke, and these tender expressions ..."
4. The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy: Which Far Exceeds Any Thing of the by Hannah Glasse (1774)
"Chop and beat them all well together, mix them with the yolk of an egg, and fluff
up the brea it; when you have no fuet, butter will do : or you may make ..."
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