fluff

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Singular
fluff

Plural
fluffs

fluff (plural fluffs)

  1. Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
  2. Anything inconsequential or superficial.
    That article was basically a bunch of fluff. It didn't say anything substantive.
  3. Lapse, especially a mistake in an actor’s lines.
  4. A passive partner in a lesbian relationship.

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Infinitive
to fluff

Third person singular
fluffs

Simple past
fluffed

Past participle
fluffed

Present participle
fluffing

to fluff (third-person singular simple present fluffs, present participle fluffing, simple past and past participle fluffed)

  1. (transitive) To make something fluffy.
    The cat fluffed its tail.
  2. (intransitive) To become fluffy.
  3. (transitive, intransitive, of an actor or announcer) To make a mistake in one’s lines

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