Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or resembling fluff.
- adjective Covered with fluff.
- adjective Light and airy; soft.
- adjective Light or frivolous.
- adjective Lacking depth or precision; fuzzy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Composed of, containing, or resembling fluff or loose flocculent matter, as nap or down; giving off loose floating particles when agitated; fluey.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to, or resembling, fluff or nap; soft and downy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Covered with
fluff . - adjective Light; soft; airy.
- adjective colloquial Warm and
comforting .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective like down or as soft as down
Etymologies
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Examples
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Also, the powder has what I call a fluffy adherence.
A Touch of Blusher 2008
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Colonel Luscombe threw a glance in the direction of Jane Marple thus resurrected, but without much interest; Bertram's always had a sprinkling of what he called fluffy old pussies.
At Bertram's Hotel Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 1965
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I adapted these slightly from Alton Brown's recipe, and they really are the perfect "cafe" style muffin - fluffy, light and packed with blueberry goodness!
Archive 2008-12-01 Sarah 2008
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Cozy writers all sit around in fluffy hats and hold cats.
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Little girls in fluffy skirts stood shyly around until some motherly soul ushered them down the line where she said there was plenty of room and lots of good eating.
The Second Chance 1910
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ALF past six on Friday morning and Constance appeared on the terrace; Constance in fluffy, billowy, lacy white with a spray of oleander in her belt – the last costume in the world in which one would start on a mountain climb.
Jerry Junior 1907
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It was dressed in short, fluffy skirts, like those worn by a ballet-dancer, and it danced so funnily that all who saw it roared with laughter.
The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People 1887
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But he doesn't play ball, refusing to do the cooking segments or say the word fluffy on air, annoying co-host Colleen.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed KATE TAYLOR 2010
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But he doesn't play ball, refusing to do the cooking segments or say the word fluffy on air, annoying co-host Colleen.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed KATE TAYLOR 2010
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A somewhat round woman - she prefers to call herself 'fluffy' - she has the face of an angel and a smile that never seems to disappear.
David Mixner and James McGreevey: The Amazing Marsha Timpson - Part I 2008
sionnach commented on the word fluffy
Cartman's pig, infamously mated with an elephant.
January 27, 2008
harpsdesire commented on the word fluffy
My boyfriend's nickname....
May 1, 2008