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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, especially 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 followed by up): to fluff up the sofa pillows.
6.
to make a mistake in: The leading man fluffed his lines.
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verb (used without object)
7.
to become fluffy; move, float, or settle down like fluff.
8.
to make a mistake, especially in the delivery of lines by a performer; blunder.
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Word Origin & History
fluff
1790, variant of floow "wooly substance, down, nap" (1580s), 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
EXPANDpuffing away some light substance." The verb meaning "to shake into a soft mass" is first attested 1885; meaning "make a mistake" is from 1884, originally in theater slang. Slang bit of fluff "young woman" is from 1903. The marshmallow confection Fluff dates to c.1920 in Massachusetts, U.S.
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fluff definition[fləf]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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