fluffed; fluffing; fluffs
1
: to make fluffy
fluff the pillows
birds fluffing up their feathers
2
a
: to spoil by a mistake : botch
b
: to deliver badly or forget (one's lines) in a play
1
: to become fluffy
2
: to make a mistake
especially
: to forget or bungle one's lines in a play
Examples of fluff in a Sentence
Noun
Her sweater was covered with fluff.
The movie was pure fluff.
Her latest article has the usual fluff about movie stars and gossip.
Verb
The wind fluffed his hair.
The golfer fluffed another shot.
The actor kept fluffing the same line.
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 8 May 2025
Consumers see through the fluff, and empty promises get called out as greenwashing fast.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
To make matters worse, James fluffed an inbounds pass to Dončić to turn the ball over with just 33 seconds remaining.
—Matias Grez, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Johnson and Evans in particular share a knack for easy-going romantic fluff, having cut their teeth in movies like How to Be Single and What’s Your Number?.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 8 May 2025
Consumers see through the fluff, and empty promises get called out as greenwashing fast.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Verb
In the bright Florida sky, a few contrails fluffed into clouds.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
To make matters worse, James fluffed an inbounds pass to Dončić to turn the ball over with just 33 seconds remaining.
—Matias Grez, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Fluff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fluff. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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fluff
1 of 2 noun1
: nap entry 3, down
2
: something fluffy
fluff
2 of 2 verb
: to make or become fluffy
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