Definition of fluff
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Examples of fluff in a Sentence
Her sweater was covered with fluff.
The movie was pure fluff.
Her latest article has the usual fluff about movie stars and gossip.
Recent Examples of fluff from the Web
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Kevin Ollie wasn't beating around the bush, didn't give me any kind of fluff.
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This, this was my cause — not all that teenage fluff.
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This season dispenses with all the fluff and has gotten to the good stuff in the first two episodes.
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The Presley concert is like a sideshow with its warmup group fluff.
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Every lemon bar filling is an attempt to transform lemon juice and sugar from liquid and grit into a unified, creamy fluff.
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Therefore, much like elephants, tyrannosaurs would have lost their fluff to keep cool.
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There’s little doubt that our favorite bone-chomper wore fluff.
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Origin and Etymology of fluff
perhaps blend of flue (fluff) and puff
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Definition of fluff
Examples of fluff in a Sentence
The wind fluffed his hair.
The golfer fluffed another shot.
The actor kept fluffing the same line.
Recent Examples of fluff from the Web
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Her submission shows a Bronzed Cowbird hurling itself into the air, its wings down-turned, its feathers fluffed.
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Outside the Royal Terminal at the King Khalid airport, workers were busy fluffing the scarlet strip until the moment Trump emerged from Air Force One.
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Officially, it's called turning the mulch. Fluffing it up gives flowerbeds a fresh look and cuts down on (or even eliminates) the need for more, fresh mulch.
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First Known Use of fluff
1835
FLUFF Defined for English Language Learners
fluff
Definition of fluff for English Language Learners
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: to shake or move (something, such as a pillow) so that it is fuller, lighter, or softer
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: to do (something) badly
FLUFF Defined for Kids
Definition of fluff for Students
: something light and soft Fluff stuck out of the torn cushion.
Definition of fluff for Students
fluffed
;fluffing
: to make or become fuller, lighter, or softer She fluffed up her pillow.
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