fluff
verb/flʌf/
/flʌf/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they fluff | /flʌf/ /flʌf/ |
| he / she / it fluffs | /flʌfs/ /flʌfs/ |
| past simple fluffed | /flʌft/ /flʌft/ |
| past participle fluffed | /flʌft/ /flʌft/ |
| -ing form fluffing | /ˈflʌfɪŋ/ /ˈflʌfɪŋ/ |
- fluff something (informal) to do something badly or to fail at something synonym bungle
- He completely fluffed an easy shot (= in sport).
- Most actors fluff their lines occasionally.
- fluff something (out/up) to shake or brush something so that it looks larger and/or softer
- The female sat on the eggs, fluffing out her feathers.
- Let me fluff up your pillows for you.
Word Originlate 18th cent.: probably a dialect alteration of 16th-cent. flue ‘down, nap, fluff’, apparently from Flemish vluwe.
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