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单词 fluff
释义

fluff

1 of 2

noun

ˈfləf How to pronounce fluff (audio)
1
: down entry 7 sense 1
2
: something fluffy
dandelion fluff
3
: something inconsequential
4
: blunder
especially : an actor's lapse of memory

fluff

2 of 2

verb

fluffed; fluffing; fluffs

transitive verb

1
: to make fluffy
fluff the pillows
birds fluffing up their feathers
2
a
: to spoil by a mistake : botch
b
: to deliver badly or forget (one's lines) in a play

intransitive verb

1
: to become fluffy
2
: to make a mistake
especially : to forget or bungle one's lines in a play

Synonyms

Noun

  • down
  • floss
  • fur
  • fuzz
  • lint
  • nap
  • pile

Verb

  • blunder
  • boob [British]
  • err
  • flub
  • foul up
  • fumble
  • goof (up)
  • louse up
  • mess (up)
  • screw up
  • slip up
  • stumble
  • trip
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Example Sentences

Noun Her sweater was covered with fluff. The movie was pure fluff. Her latest article has the usual fluff about movie stars and gossip. Verb The wind fluffed his hair. The golfer fluffed another shot. The actor kept fluffing the same line. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Margaret flicked a piece of fluff off Townsend's jacket in an intimate gesture that a reporter noticed. Sydni Ellis, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2022 Austen’s work is often marginalised as chocolate-boxy society fluff. Helen Nianias, refinery29.com, 18 July 2022 Cottonwood fluff was used to ignite Confederate gunpowder during the Civil War, I am told. Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2022 At Nest 233, Michael Rickershauser, the other assistant, finds only a clump of decaying white fluff. Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 June 2022 Going on 30 skips all the fluff and goes straight for the gut. Véronique Hyland, ELLE, 18 May 2022 The old-school polyester fluff is warm but bulky, with no DWR finish to repel precipitation, and no moisture-wicking grid or lining to battle sweat. Kelly Bastone, Outside Online, 4 Apr. 2021 The formulas are made with active ingredients that are clinically proven, without any filler or fluff. Rachel King, Fortune, 30 Apr. 2022 Chocolate doughnuts also were a standout here, fried to a delicate fluff and topped with a flavorful glaze. Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Mar. 2022
Verb
Other varieties grown by Monbiot are dried for future consumption, made into cider, taste of caraway seeds, or fluff up when baked. Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 7 Sep. 2022 If needed, use a wool comb or slicker brush to brush out and fluff up the rug's fibers. Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Aug. 2022 Our analysts were impressed with the durable foam and found this bean bag chair easy to fluff up, even after having countless testers sit in it. Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping, 5 Aug. 2022 Wrap the braid around into a topknot, and fluff out the ends of the braid for additional volume at the end, Hurtado suggests. Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 4 Aug. 2022 The pillows come compressed, so the brand recommends throwing them in the dryer for 20 minutes on medium heat to fluff them up. Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2022 Thrive’s collagen does fluff up beverages with a nice supple foam. Maggie Lange, Bon Appétit, 22 July 2022 Use the back of a fork to smash any large chunks into granita smithereens, then use the tines to fluff it up. Aliza Abarbanel, Bon Appétit, 2 June 2022 But where so many of their films in the past concluded with at least a tiny sliver of solace, hope or grace piercing the social-realist gloom, Belgium’s preeminent filmmaking brothers are having none of that happy-clappy fluff this time time. Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

perhaps blend of flue (fluff) and puff

First Known Use

Noun

1790, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1835, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Kids Definition

fluff 1 of 2

noun

ˈfləf How to pronounce fluff (audio)
: something light and soft
Fluff stuck out of the torn cushion.

fluff

2 of 2

verb

fluffed; fluffing
: to make or become fuller, lighter, or softer
She fluffed up her pillow.

fluff 1 of 2

noun

1
as in fur
a soft airy substance or covering self-consciously picked the fluff off his sweater as he answered the officer's questions

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • fur
  • pile
  • lint
  • fuzz
  • nap
  • batting
  • floss
  • down
2
as in mistake
an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy the flustered newscaster's fluffs included a mispronunciation of the town's name

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • mistake
  • blunder
  • error
  • goof
  • brick
  • bobble
  • boob
  • fumble
  • inaccuracy
  • flub
  • trip
  • stumble
  • slip
  • misstep
  • boo-boo
  • clinker
  • slipup
  • gaff
  • gaffe
  • clanger
  • miscue
  • screwup
  • fault
  • blooper
  • oversight
  • misunderstanding
  • lapse
  • howler
  • bloomer
  • misconception
  • misinterpretation
  • boner
  • misstatement
  • pratfall
  • misconstruction
  • snafu
  • miscomprehension
  • misreading
  • misdescription
  • misjudgment
  • miscalculation
  • misapprehension
  • misimpression
  • foul-up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • precision
  • accuracy
  • correctness
  • exactness
  • preciseness
  • perfection
  • strictness
  • inerrancy
  • infallibility
  • exactitude
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fluff

2 of 2

verb

1
as in to fumble
to make a mistake unnerved by her earlier missteps, the skater fluffed on the final jump as well

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • fumble
  • boob
  • slip up
  • stumble
  • trip
  • blunder
  • screw up
  • err
  • flub
  • foul up
  • nod
  • muff
  • mistake
  • louse up
  • lay an egg
  • drop the ball
  • misunderstand
  • bobble
  • foozle
  • goof (up)
  • mangle
  • misdeem
  • murder
  • misconceive
  • botch
  • bungle
  • butcher
  • mess (up)
  • misconstrue
  • miscue
  • misjudge
  • misinterpret
  • miscount
  • misgauge
  • mishandle
  • miscalculate
2
as in to blow
to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way I completely fluffed the introduction by calling the boss's wife by the wrong name

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • fumble
  • blow
  • muff
  • ruin
  • boot
  • dub
  • murder
  • muck up
  • spoil
  • bobble
  • screw up
  • mangle
  • foozle
  • boggle
  • piffle
  • bumble
  • flub
  • destroy
  • botch
  • foul up
  • butcher
  • damage
  • bungle
  • louse up
  • muddle
  • mar
  • wreck
  • bollix (up)
  • blunder
  • goof (up)
  • harm
  • flaw
  • blight
  • injure
  • hurt
  • mutilate
  • bugger (up)
  • blemish
  • mess (up)
  • impair
  • gum (up)
  • vitiate
  • mismanage
  • mishandle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • better
  • help
  • improve
  • reform
  • enhance
  • remedy
  • refine
  • patch
  • ameliorate
  • rectify
  • repair
  • fix
  • meliorate
  • revamp
  • renovate
  • recondition
  • doctor
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