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fluff

  [fluhf]
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–noun
1. light, downy particles, as of cotton.
2. a soft, light, downy mass: a fluff of summer clouds.
3. something of no consequence: The book is pure fluff, but fun to read.
4. an error or blunder, esp. an actor's memory lapse in the delivery of lines.
–verb (used with object)
5. to make into fluff; shake or puff out (feathers, hair, etc.) into a fluffy mass (often fol. by up): to fluff up the sofa pillows.
6. to make a mistake in: The leading man fluffed his lines.
–verb (used without object)
7. to become fluffy; move, float, or settle down like fluff.
8. to make a mistake, esp. in the delivery of lines by a performer; blunder.
Origin:
1780–90; perh. b. flue 2 and puff

Related forms:
fluffer, noun
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fluff   (flŭf)   
n.  

  1. Light down or fuzz, as on a young bird or on a dandelion or milkweed seed.

  2. Something having a very light, soft, or frothy consistency or appearance: a fluff of meringue; a fluff of cloud.

  3. Something of little substance or consequence, especially:

    1. Light or superficial entertainment: The movie was just another bit of fluff from Hollywood.

    2. Inflated or padded material: The report was mostly fluff, with little new information.

  4. The parts of a junked car that are not metal and cannot be recycled.

  5. Informal An error, especially in the delivery of lines, as by an actor or announcer.

v.   fluffed, fluff·ing, fluffs

v.   tr.

  1. To make fluffy: fluff a pillow; a squirrel fluffing out its tail.

  2. Informal

    1. To ruin or mar by a mistake or blunder: They fluffed their chance to participate in the playoffs by losing their last three games.

    2. To forget or botch (one's lines).

v.   intr.

  1. To become fluffy.

  2. Informal To make an error, especially to forget or botch one's lines.


[Origin unknown.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
fluff [fləf]

  1. n.
    nonsense; irrelevant stuff; hype. : Cut out the fluff and talk straight.
  2. tv. & in.
    to make an error; to do something incorrectly. : Todd fluffs his lines in the same place every night.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

fluff  (n.)
1790, variant of floow "wooly substance, down, nap" (1589), perhaps from Flem. vluwe, from Fr. velu "shaggy, hairy," from L. vellus "fleece," or L. villus "tuft of hair" (see velvet). OED suggests fluff as "an onomatopoeic modification" of floow, "imitating the action of puffing away some light substance." The verb meaning "to shake into a soft mass" is first attested 1885. Slang bit of fluff "young woman" is from 1903.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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