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fluff

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: fluff

1
 nv
any light downy material
erect or fluff up
2
 vn
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: fluff
1

n any light downy material

Type of:
material, stuff
the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object

n something of little value or significance

Synonyms:
bagatelle, frippery, frivolity
Type of:
small beer, trifle, trivia, triviality
something of small importance

v erect or fluff up

Synonyms:
ruffle
Type of:
loosen
make less dense

v ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect

Synonyms:
tease
Type of:
comb, comb out, disentangle
smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
2

v make a mess of, destroy or ruin

Synonyms:
ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil
Type of:
fail, go wrong, miscarry
be unsuccessful

n a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)

Type of:
bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall
an embarrassing mistake
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