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as a verb: - 1
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fluff
noun
1 fluff
Any light downy material.
Roget 256:
roughness
etc.
adj.;
tooth,
grain,
texture,
ripple;
asperity,
rugosity†,
salebrosity†,
corrugation,
nodosity†;
arborescence†
etc.
242;
pilosity†.
brush,
hair,
beard,
shag,
mane,
whisker,
moustache,
imperial,
tress,
lock,
curl,
ringlet;
fimbriae,
pili,
cilia,
villi;
lovelock;
beaucatcher†;
curl paper;
goatee;
papillote,
scalp lock.
plumage,
plumosity†;
plume,
panache,
crest;
feather,
tuft,
fringe,
toupee.
wool,
velvet,
plush,
nap,
pile,
floss,
fur,
down;
byssus†,
moss,
bur;
fluff.
knot
(convolution)
248.
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Dutch: pluis
2 fluff
3 fluff
A blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines).
Dutch: akkefietje
Polish: potknięcie
verb
1 fluff
Make a mess of, destroy or ruin.
synonyms: ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil ... show more.
Dutch: bederven, hannesen, haspelen, infesteren, klunzen, krukken, mispeuteren, naar de knoppen helpen, stuntelen, verbroddelen, verbrodden, verbruien, vergallen, verhaspelen, verkankelemienen, verkankeren, verkloten, verknallen, verknoeien, verknollen, verpesten, verprutsen, versjteren, verstieren, verzieken ... show more
2 fluff
Erect or fluff up.
synonym: ruffle.
3 fluff
Ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect.
synonym: tease.
Moby thesaurus: 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, zephyr ... show more.
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