Sekirov Dictionary

fluff

/flʌf/

noun 10
verb 9
forms 3
phrases 4

noun10

Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
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Anything inconsequential or superficial.
- That article was basically a bunch of fluff. It didn't say anything substantive.
A form of roleplaying which is inconsequential and not related to the plot; often used in the context of (but not limited to) filling time.
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(slang) Fan fiction, or part of a fan fiction, which is sweet and feel-good in tone, usually involving romance.
- And when something triggers, I can close the window and go read fluff for hours until I calm down. — 2011
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(New-England) Marshmallow creme.
- That New England-style salami and fluff sandwich sure hit the spot!
(informal) A lapse or mistake, especially a mistake in an actor's lines.
(Australia, informal) A fart.
(informal, slang) A cloth diaper.
(slang) A passive partner in a lesbian relationship.
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(slang, no longer used) Short change deliberately given by a railway clerk, to keep back money for himself.
- "What?" cried the counter-man, indignantly. "Been a railwayman all these years, and don't know what fluff is? Why, 'pon me word, you deserve to get the sack!" — 1900

verb9

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To make something fluffy.
- The cat fluffed its tail.
To become fluffy, puff up.
(informal) To make a mistake in one's lines.
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(informal) To do incorrectly, for example mishit, miskick, miscue etc.
- Either side of Rooney's fluffed chance, it was a tale of Ukrainian domination as they attacked England down both flanks and showed the greater fluidity of the teams. — 2012
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To move lightly like fluff.
- She gave the music-stool a twirl or two and fluffed down on to it like a whirl of soap-suds in a hand-basin. — 1872
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(slang) To arouse (a male pornographic actor) before filming.
- To get Lance Bronson hard, Chi Chi, in desperation, called Sharon Kane to come and fluff him on the set. People were always asking me how they could get a job as a fluffer. — 2008
(slang) To bring to a state of excitement.
(Australia, informal) To break wind, to fart.
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(slang, no longer used) To deliberately shortchange (a railway customer) and keep the money for oneself.
- A genial counter-man told Mr. Manners that, if he played artful, he might even now obtain the position of outside porter; you got no pay there, but you could gain a moderate competency by fluffing. — 1900

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Phrases with fluff

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