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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /flʌf/,


Noun

  1. Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
  2. Anything inconsequential or superficial.
  3. A mistake in an actor’s lines.
  4. A passive partner in a lesbian relationship.


Synonyms


Derived terms


Translations

  • Dutch: {{t|nl|pluis|m|f}}, {{t|nl|pluis|n}}
  • German: {{t-|de|Flaum|m}}, {{t+|de|Fluse|f}}, {{t+|de|Fussel|m}}
  • Greek: {{t|el|χνούδι|n|tr=chnoúdi|sc=Grek}}
  • Russian: {{t|ru|пух|m|tr=puχ|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|пушок|m|tr=pušók|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Dutch: {{t|nl|akkefietje|n}}
  • Dutch: {{t|nl|verspreking|f}}, {{t-|nl|blooper|m}}
  • German: {{t-|de|Patzer|m}}

See also


Verb

  1. To make something fluffy.
  2. To become fluffy.
  3. In the Context of To make a mistake in one’s lines


Translations

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  • German:
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Derived terms


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Fluff \Fluff\, n. [Cf. 2d Flue. [root]84.]
1. Nap or down; flue[2]; soft, downy feathers.
[1913 Webster]

2. Hence: Anything light and downy, whose volume consists
mostly of air, such as cotton or down.
[PJC]

3. Something light and inconsequential; something not to be
taken seriously; -- used commonly of literary or dramatic
productions, and sometimes of people.
[PJC]

4. A mistake, especially in the recitation of lines in a
drama.
[PJC]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Fluff \Fluff\, v. t. & i.
To make or become fluffy; to move lightly like fluff.
--Holmes.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Fluff \Fluff\, v. t.
To make a mistake in the performance of; -- used mostly of
lines in a drama; as, he fluffed the last line of the act.
[PJC]
WordNet fluff
n 1: any light downy material
2: something of little value or significance [syn: bagatelle,
frippery, frivolity]
3: a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)
v 1: 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" [syn: botch,
bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub,
screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, bollix,
bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle,
louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up]
2: erect or fluff up; "the bird ruffled its feathers" [syn: ruffle]
3: ruffle (one's hair) by combing towards the ends towards the
scalp, for a full effect [syn: tease]
Moby Dictionary
Irish bull , aerate , air , anacoluthon , bad job , ball up , bevue ,
bloomer , blooper , blow , blubber , blunder , bobble , boggle , bollix ,
bonehead play , boner , boo-boo , boot , botch , breeze , bubble , bull ,
bungle , butter , catachresis , chaff , chip , clay , clumsy performance ,
cobweb , cock up , cork , cushion , daintiness , delicacy , dough , down ,
downiness , drop a brick , drop the ball , duff , dust , ease ,
eiderdown , error , ether , etourderie , fairy , feather , feather bed ,
feathers , filminess , fine-grainedness , fineness , fleece , floss ,
flub , flue , fluffiness , foam , folk etymology , foozle , foul up ,
froth , fuck up , fumble , fur , fuzz , fuzziness , gaucherie , gentle ,
girl friend , goof , goof up , gossamer , gossameriness ,
grammatical error , hash , howler , hypercorrection , hyperform , kapok ,
knead , lapse , laxate , limber , limber up , lint , loosen , louse up ,
malaprop , malapropism , marrowsky , mash , massage , mellow , mess ,
mess up , milden , miscue , mispronunciation , missaying , mistake ,
mistress , misusage , mollify , mote , muck up , muddle , muff , off day ,
peach fuzz , pile , pillow , plump , plush , pubescence , pudding , puff ,
puff up , pull a boner , pulp , putty , refinement , relax , rubber ,
ruin , sad work , satin , satininess , screw up , shake up , silk ,
silkiness , slip , smash , smoothness , snafu , soften , soften up ,
softness , solecism , spoil , sponge , spoonerism , spume , squash ,
straw , stumble , subdue , supple , swansdown , tenderize , thistledown ,
tone down , trip , tune down , velvet , velvetiness , wax , wool ,
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