Fluff has 8 different meanings across 2 categories:
Noun
· Verb
Noun
1
any light downy material
"She gently brushed away the soft fluff of dandelion seeds from her coat before heading inside."
2
something of little value or significance
"After cutting through all the marketing hype, we realized that most of their product features were just fluff."
3
a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)
"During his audition, the actor made such a fluff that he forgot every line of his monologue and had to start over from the beginning."
4
Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
"She gently brushed away the fluff from her cat's tail before letting it run outside."
Verb
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"
2
erect or fluff up
"the bird ruffled its feathers"
3
ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
"He quickly fluffed his hair before stepping out to make sure he looked perfectly styled."
4
To make something fluffy.
"She fluffed up her pillow before sitting down to read."
Example Sentences
"I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"
verb
"the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
verb
"the bird ruffled its feathers"
verb
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)