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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Fluff \Fluff\, v. t. & i.
     To make or become fluffy; to move lightly like fluff.
     --Holmes.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Fluff \Fluff\, v. t.
     To make a mistake in the performance of; -- used mostly of
     lines in a drama; as, he fluffed the last line of the act.
     [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Fluff \Fluff\, n. [Cf. 2d Flue. [root]84.]
     1. Nap or down; flue[2]; soft, downy feathers.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Hence: Anything light and downy, whose volume consists
        mostly of air, such as cotton or down.
        [PJC]
  
     3. Something light and inconsequential; something not to be
        taken seriously; -- used commonly of literary or dramatic
        productions, and sometimes of people.
        [PJC]
  
     4. A mistake, especially in the recitation of lines in a
        drama.
        [PJC]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Fluff \Fluff\, v. t. & i.
     To make or become fluffy; to move lightly like fluff.
     --Holmes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Fluff \Fluff\, n. [Cf. 2d Flue. [root]84.]
     Nap or down; flue; soft, downy feathers.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  fluff
       n 1: any light downy material
       2: something of little value or significance [syn: bagatelle,
           frippery, frivolity]
       3: a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)
       v 1: make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and
            we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the
            difficult passage in the second movement" [syn: botch,
             bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub,
             screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, bollix,
             bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle,
             louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up]
       2: erect or fluff up; "the bird ruffled its feathers" [syn: ruffle]
       3: ruffle (one's hair) by combing towards the ends towards the
          scalp, for a full effect [syn: tease]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  fluff
     Swedish n.
     c fluffy (and absorbent) stuff in a baby's diaper

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  fluff
     n.
     1 Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
     2 Anything inconsequential or superficial.
     3 (lb en informal) A lapse or mistake, especially a mistake in an
  actor's lines.
     4 (lb en New England) marshmallow creme.
     5 (lb en LGBT) A passive partner in a lesbian relationship.
     6 (lb en Australia New Zealand euphemistic) A fart. (rfex: en)
     7 (lb en fandom slang) fan fiction, or part of a fan fiction, which
  is sweet and feel-good in tone, usually involving romance.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To make something fluffy.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To become fluffy, puff up.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To move lightly like fluff.
     4 (lb en informal transitive intransitive of an actor or announcer)
  To make a mistake in one's lines.
     5 (lb en informal transitive) To do incorrectly, for example mishit,
  miskick, miscue etc.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  fluff
     Swedish n.
     c fluffy (and absorbent) stuff in a baby's diaper

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  fluff
     Swedish n.
     c fluffy (and absorbent) stuff in a baby's diaper

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  fluff
     Englanti n.
     1 nöyhtä
     2 untuva

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  fluff
     n.
     1 något som är luftigt, lätt eller mjukt
     2 något som är inkonsekvent, ytligt eller simpelt; något som saknar
  substans
     3 brännbar avfallsprodukt bestående av fragmenterad inredning från
  skrotade bilar

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  fluff
     n.
     1 något som är luftigt, lätt eller mjukt
     2 något som är inkonsekvent, ytligt eller simpelt; något som saknar
  substans
     3 brännbar avfallsprodukt bestående av fragmenterad inredning från
  skrotade bilar

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Fluff /flˈʌf/
  الزغب

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  fluff //flʌf// 
  пух, мъх
  light fur etc

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  fluff /flˈʌf/ 
  načechrat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  fluff /flˈʌf/
  chmýří