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English noun: fluff | |||
| 1. | fluff (substance) any light downy material | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | material, stuff | ||
| 2. | fluff (artifact) something of little value or significance | ||
| Synonyms | bagatelle, frippery, frivolity | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | small beer, trifle, trivia, triviality | ||
| 3. | fluff (act) a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall | ||
English verb: fluff | |||
| 1. | fluff (social) make a mess of, destroy or ruin | ||
| Samples | I botched the dinner and we had to eat out. The pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement. | ||
| 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 | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fail, go wrong, miscarry | ||
| 2. | fluff (contact) erect or fluff up | ||
| Samples | The bird ruffled its feathers. | ||
| Synonyms | ruffle | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | loosen | ||
| 3. | fluff (body) ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect | ||
| Examples | They fluff their hair | ||
| Synonyms | tease | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | comb, comb out, disentangle | ||
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