fluff
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
(onomatopoeia). Compare Japanese フワフワ (fuwafuwa, “lightly, softly”).
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[edit] Noun
fluff (plural fluffs)
- Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
- Anything inconsequential or superficial.
- That article was basically a bunch of fluff. It didn't say anything substantive.
- Lapse, especially a mistake in an actor’s lines.
- A passive partner in a lesbian relationship.
[edit] Synonyms
- (anything light, soft or fuzzy): fuzz, puff
- (anything inconsequential or superficial): BS, cruft, hype, all talk
- (a lapse): blooper, blunder, boo-boo, defect, error, fault, faux pas, gaffe, lapse, mistake, slip, stumble, thinko
- (passive in a lesbian relationship): ruffle
- See also Wikisaurus:error
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[edit] Translations
light fur etc
something inconsequential
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Lapse
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passive partner in lesbian relationship
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[edit] Verb
fluff (third-person singular simple present fluffs, present participle fluffing, simple past and past participle fluffed)
- (transitive) To make something fluffy.
- The cat fluffed its tail.
- (intransitive) To become fluffy.
- (transitive, intransitive, of an actor or announcer) To make a mistake in one’s lines
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make a mistake in one’s lines
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[edit] Noun
fluff c.
- fluffy (and absorbent) stuff in a baby's diaper
[edit] Declension
Declension of fluff
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[edit] References
- fluff in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
