fluff

fluff

F0203300 (flŭf)n.1. Light down or fuzz, as on a young bird or on a dandelion or milkweed seed.2. Something having a very light, soft, or frothy consistency or appearance: a fluff of meringue; a fluff of cloud.3. Something of little substance or consequence, especially:a. Light or superficial entertainment: The movie was just another bit of fluff from Hollywood.b. Inflated or padded material: The report was mostly fluff, with little new information.4. The parts of a junked car that are not metal and cannot be recycled.5. Informal An error, especially in the delivery of lines, as by an actor or announcer.v. fluffed, fluff·ing, fluffs v.tr.1. To make fluffy: fluff a pillow; a squirrel fluffing out its tail.2. Informal a. To ruin or mar by a mistake or blunder: They fluffed their chance to participate in the playoffs by losing their last three games.b. To forget or botch (one's lines).3. Vulgar Slang To cause (a man) to be sufficiently aroused so that he is able to have sexual intercourse, especially in a pornographic film.v.intr.1. To become fluffy.2. Informal To make an error, especially to forget or botch one's lines.

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fluff′er n.

fluff

(flʌf) n1. (Textiles) soft light particles, such as the down or nap of cotton or wool2. any light downy substance3. an object, matter, etc, of little importance; trifle4. informal a mistake, esp in speaking or reading lines or performing music5. informal a young woman (esp in the phrase a bit of fluff)vb6. to make or become soft and puffy by shaking or patting; puff up7. informal to make a mistake in performing (an action, dramatic speech, music, etc)[C18: perhaps from flue²]

fluff

(flʌf)

n. 1. light downy particles, as of cotton. 2. a soft light downy mass. 3. something light or frivolous: The book is pure fluff, but fun to read. 4. an error or blunder, esp. an actor's memory lapse in the delivery of lines. v.t. 5. to make fluffy; shake or puff out into a fluffy mass: to fluff up the pillows. 6. to make a mistake in: The leading man fluffed his lines. v.i. 7. to become fluffy; move, float, or settle down like fluff. 8. to make a mistake, esp. in performing. [1780–90; perhaps b. flue and puff] fluff′er, n.

fluff

Past participle: fluffed
Gerund: fluffing

Imperative
fluff
fluff

Present
I fluff
you fluff
he/she/it fluffs
we fluff
you fluff
they fluff

Preterite
I fluffed
you fluffed
he/she/it fluffed
we fluffed
you fluffed
they fluffed

Present Continuous
I am fluffing
you are fluffing
he/she/it is fluffing
we are fluffing
you are fluffing
they are fluffing

Present Perfect
I have fluffed
you have fluffed
he/she/it has fluffed
we have fluffed
you have fluffed
they have fluffed

Past Continuous
I was fluffing
you were fluffing
he/she/it was fluffing
we were fluffing
you were fluffing
they were fluffing

Past Perfect
I had fluffed
you had fluffed
he/she/it had fluffed
we had fluffed
you had fluffed
they had fluffed

Future
I will fluff
you will fluff
he/she/it will fluff
we will fluff
you will fluff
they will fluff

Future Perfect
I will have fluffed
you will have fluffed
he/she/it will have fluffed
we will have fluffed
you will have fluffed
they will have fluffed

Future Continuous
I will be fluffing
you will be fluffing
he/she/it will be fluffing
we will be fluffing
you will be fluffing
they will be fluffing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been fluffing
you have been fluffing
he/she/it has been fluffing
we have been fluffing
you have been fluffing
they have been fluffing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been fluffing
you will have been fluffing
he/she/it will have been fluffing
we will have been fluffing
you will have been fluffing
they will have been fluffing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been fluffing
you had been fluffing
he/she/it had been fluffing
we had been fluffing
you had been fluffing
they had been fluffing

Conditional
I would fluff
you would fluff
he/she/it would fluff
we would fluff
you would fluff
they would fluff

Past Conditional
I would have fluffed
you would have fluffed
he/she/it would have fluffed
we would have fluffed
you would have fluffed
they would have fluffed

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fluff - any light downy material material, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"
	2.	fluff - something of little value or significancefrippery, frivolity, bagatellesmall beer, trivia, triviality, trifle - something of small importance
	3.	fluff - a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall, bloomer - an embarrassing mistake
Verb	1.	fluff - 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"bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, foul up, fuck up, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, ball up, spoil, muff, screw up, fumble, blowgo wrong, miscarry, fail - be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
	2.	fluff - erect or fluff up; "the bird ruffled its feathers"ruffleloosen - make less dense; "loosen the soil"fluff up, plump up, shake up - make fuller by shaking; "fluff up the pillows"
	3.	fluff - ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effectteasecomb out, comb, disentangle - smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool"

fluff

noun1. fuzz, down, pile, dust, fibre, threads, nap, lint, oose (Scot.), dustball bits of fluff on the sleeve of her jumperverb1. (Informal) mess up, spoil, bungle, screw up (informal) (informal), cock up (Brit. slang), fuck up (offensive taboo slang), foul up (informal), make a nonsense of, be unsuccessful in, make a mess off, muddle She fluffed her interview at Oxford.

fluff

nounInformal. A minor mistake:lapse, slip, slip-up.

Translations

出错抖擞绒毛

fluff

(flaf) noun small pieces of soft, wool-like material from blankets etc. My coat is covered with fluff. 絨毛 绒毛 verb1. (often with out or up) to make full and soft like fluff. The bird fluffed out its feathers; Fluff up the pillows and make the invalid more comfortable. 抖擻 抖擞2. to make a mistake in doing (something). The actress fluffed her lines; The golfer fluffed his stroke. 出錯 出错ˈfluffy adjective1. soft and woolly. a fluffy kitten. 有絨毛的 有绒毛的2. soft, light and full of air. She cooked a fluffy omelette. 鬆軟的 松软的