fluff
noun/flʌf/
/flʌf/
[uncountable]- (also lint)small pieces of wool, cotton, etc. that gather on clothes and other surfaces
- This sweater is covered in fluff.
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- soft animal fur or bird feathers, found especially on young animals or birds
- The baby birds were still covered in fluff.
- (informal, especially North American English) entertainment that is not serious and is not considered to have great value
Word Originlate 18th cent.: probably a dialect alteration of 16th-cent. flue ‘down, nap, fluff’, apparently from Flemish vluwe.
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