HyperDic: fluff

English > 6 senses of the word fluff:
NOUNsubstancefluffany light downy material
artifactfluff, bagatelle, frippery, frivolitysomething of little value or significance
actfluffa blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)
VERBsocialfluff, botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck upmake a mess of, destroy or ruin
contactfluff, ruffleerect or fluff up
bodyfluff, teaseruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
fluff > pronunciation
Soundsflah'f
Rhymesaleph ... woodruff: 40 rhymes with ahf...
English > fluff: 6 senses > noun 1, substance
MeaningAny light downy material.
Broadermaterial, stuffThe tangible / tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
Adjectivesfluffylike down / down or as soft as down / down
English > fluff: 6 senses > noun 2, artifact
MeaningSomething of little value or significance.
Synonymsbagatelle, frippery, frivolity
Broadertriviality, trivia, trifle, small beerSomething of small importance
Spanishbagatela, garambaina
English > fluff: 6 senses > noun 3, act
MeaningA blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines).
Broaderblunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-booAn embarrassing mistake
Verbsfluffmake a mess of, destroy or ruin
English > fluff: 6 senses > verb 1, social
Meaningmake a mess of, destroy or ruin.
PatternSomebody ----s; Somebody ----s something
Synonymsbotch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up
Broaderfail, go wrong, miscarryBe unsuccessful
Spanishapelotonar, arruinar, cagarla, chapucear, estropear, joderla, pifiar
Catalanarruïnar, cagar-la, esguerrar, espatllar, espifiar, fer barroerament, fotre
Nounsfluffa blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)
English > fluff: 6 senses > verb 2, contact
MeaningErect or fluff up.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Synonymruffle
Broaderloosenmake less dense
See alsofluff upmake fuller by shaking
Spanishahuecar, mullir
English > fluff: 6 senses > verb 3, body
Meaningruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect.
PatternSomebody ----s something
ModelThey fluff their hair
Synonymtease
Broadercomb, comb out, disentanglesmoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
Spanishencrespar

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