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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. any light downy material;

2. something of little value or significance;
[syn: bagatelle, fluff, frippery, frivolity]

3. a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines);


VERB (3)

1. make a mess of, destroy or ruin;
- Example: "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"
- Example: "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
[syn: botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up]

2. erect or fluff up;
- Example: "the bird ruffled its feathers"
[syn: ruffle, fluff]

3. ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect;
[syn: tease, fluff]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fluff \Fluff\, v. t. & i. To make or become fluffy; to move lightly like fluff. --Holmes. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fluff n 1: any light downy material 2: something of little value or significance [syn: bagatelle, fluff, 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, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, 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, fluff] 3: ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect [syn: tease, fluff]