Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Light down or fuzz, as on a young bird or on a dandelion or milkweed seed.
- noun Something having a very light, soft, or frothy consistency or appearance.
- noun Something of little substance or consequence, especially.
- noun Light or superficial entertainment.
- noun Inflated or padded material.
- noun The parts of a junked car that are not metal and cannot be recycled.
- noun Informal An error, especially in the delivery of lines, as by an actor or announcer.
- intransitive verb To make fluffy.
- intransitive verb To ruin or mar by a mistake or blunder.
- intransitive verb To forget or botch (one's lines).
- intransitive verb Vulgar Slang To cause (a man) to be sufficiently aroused so that he is able to have sexual intercourse, especially in a pornographic film.
- intransitive verb To become fluffy.
- intransitive verb Informal To make an error, especially to forget or botch one's lines.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To treat with fluff or powder.
- noun Light down or nap such as rises from cotton, beds, etc., when agitated; flue.
- noun Something downy or fluffy.
- noun A puff.
- noun A slight explosion of gunpowder.
- To cause to puff.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Nap or down; flue[2]; soft, downy feathers.
- noun Anything light and downy, whose volume consists mostly of air, such as cotton or down.
- noun Something light and inconsequential; something not to be taken seriously; -- used commonly of literary or dramatic productions, and sometimes of people.
- noun A mistake, especially in the recitation of lines in a drama.
- transitive verb To make a mistake in the performance of; -- used mostly of lines in a drama.
- verb To make or become fluffy; to move lightly like fluff.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Anything
light ,soft orfuzzy , especiallyfur ,hair ,feathers . - noun Anything
inconsequential orsuperficial . - noun
Lapse , especially amistake in anactor ’slines . - noun A
passive partner in alesbian relationship. - verb transitive To make something
fluffy . - verb intransitive To become fluffy.
- verb transitive, intransitive, of an actor or announcer To make a mistake in one’s lines
- verb transitive To do incorrectly, for example
mishit ,miskick ,miscue etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
- noun any light downy material
- verb erect or fluff up
- noun a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)
- noun something of little value or significance
- verb make a mess of, destroy or ruin
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He had worked up his patriotism to a pitch of genuine bravery and daring that I had never seen exhibited, when fliff, fluff, fluff, _fluff_, FLUFF, FLUFF -- a whir,
"Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show Sam R. Watkins
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Witness Judge Richard Cuesta David Paymer, who has no tolerance for being interrupted and even less for naughty language—those who appear before him must substitute the word "fluff" for profanity.
Judges With Temperaments Joanne Kaufman 2011
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I explained that much of what I find either borders on therapy or is what I call "fluff."
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Paula Davis-Laack 2012
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Last year's party was very amusing, especially when one guest decided to shout the word "fluff" rather loudly as the girls tucked into their party tea.
WalesOnline - Home WalesOnline 2011
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What eliminates what you call fluff in the income statement is taking an adequate reserve against it immediately.
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Offering bon-mots like “She gave up” and “Her eyes say it all,” she is the ultimate in fluff, meaningless commentary.
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Wouldn't care except I have to wade through that garbage day after day and when there's five or six guys doing it at once, the forum becomes so mired in fluff that it's useless.
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Wouldn't care except I have to wade through that garbage day after day and when there's five or six guys doing it at once, the forum becomes so mired in fluff that it's useless.
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Another classic recipe that uses fluff is whoopie pies
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I don't see many people running around questioning the worth of novels because some crappy romance or mystery fluff is selling like hotcakes, nor do I see many people who are embarrassed to watch movies because some piece of utter dreck tops the box office.
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Unwanted, spammy Delvish content has already acquired many pejorative neologisms, such as “fluff,” “machine slop,” “botshit” and “ChatGPTese.”
Preliminary Notes on the Delvish Dialect, by Bruce Sterling Bruce Sterling 2024
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Unwanted, spammy Delvish content has already acquired many pejorative neologisms, such as “fluff,” “machine slop,” “botshit” and “ChatGPTese.”
Preliminary Notes on the Delvish Dialect, by Bruce Sterling Bruce Sterling 2024
john commented on the word fluff
A "marshmallow creme" made by Durkee-Mower. Repulsive.
February 17, 2008
mialuthien commented on the word fluff
fluff is the opposite of angst in fanfiction, and is likely to generate "warm and fuzzy" feelings
July 14, 2008