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fluffed Definition


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fluff
noun
    1. Small bits of soft woolly or downy material.
    2. colloq
      A mistake, eg in speaking or reading aloud.
    3. colloq
      A duffed stroke at golf, etc.
verb fluffed, fluffing
    1. To shake or arrange it into a soft mass.
      Form: fluff something out (usually)
      Form: fluff something up
    tr & intr
    2. Said eg of an actor: to make a mistake in (their lines, etc); to bungle something.
Idiom: a bit of fluff
    slang
    A young woman, often used to refer to someone's girlfriend.
      Example: Harry's bit of fluff
Etymology: 18c: from earlier flue a downy substance.



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