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as in mistakes
an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy
the flustered newscaster's fluffs included a mispronunciation of the town's name
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as in fumbles
to make a mistake
unnerved by her earlier missteps, the skater fluffed on the final jump as well
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as in blows
to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way
I completely fluffed the introduction by calling the boss's wife by the wrong name
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Recent Examples of fluffs
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
24 May 2026
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Apr. 2026
Down from its regular price of $66, the brush for dogs de-tangles, fluffs, and gives your pup a soothing massage after a long day of chasing balls in the park and working hard for treats.
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Christine Persaud,
USA Today,
8 Oct. 2025
Housed in a tube that’s significantly bigger than most brow gels, the fatter, curved side of the spoolie brush applies the product and fluffs up brows, while the flat side arranges arches.
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Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
Scoops of fluffs and salads that are part fruit and part pudding are essentially required at church potlucks.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
24 May 2026
Verb
The set boasts a luxe 300-thread-count and a cotton fill that fluffs up beautifully in the wash.
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Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Apr. 2026
Down from its regular price of $66, the brush for dogs de-tangles, fluffs, and gives your pup a soothing massage after a long day of chasing balls in the park and working hard for treats.
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Christine Persaud,
USA Today,
8 Oct. 2025
Housed in a tube that’s significantly bigger than most brow gels, the fatter, curved side of the spoolie brush applies the product and fluffs up brows, while the flat side arranges arches.
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Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fluffs
Noun
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The attractive, mid-30s crowd seemed to be a mix of friends and couples donning beards, tattoos, red lips, and furs worn with sneakers.
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No one wanted to stand behind the commanding warriors, draped in blankets and furs, brass hoops in their earlobes, medals and wampum on their strong chests, silver armbands glinting in the light.
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The team's mistakes cost the players early on when Germany scored in the 2nd minute to earn the lead.
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Sure, a lot of the mistakes or poor moments in defense can be waved away by recognizing that most of the team’s best defenders were sitting on the bench when the Turks wheeled away in delight with Ayhan’s goal.
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Tensions between the galley and the interior continue to escalate over lunch service, when a radio mishap fumbles the order in which the food should go out.
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The movie fumbles the chance to do something arresting with this seminal period in art.
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More likely Brock Lesnar blows this thing up.
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Cher’s court documents paint a bleak picture of how Allman, 49, allegedly blows through his $120,000 annual trust distributions.
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Keep your grass short and clear out leaf litter and brush piles, since ticks wait in tall, damp growth.
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Rake up leaf litter and clear brush piles, which hold the moisture ticks depend on.
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Tigers rookies Hao-Yu Lee and Kevin McGonigle drove in two runs apiece after errors by third baseman José Caballero and left fielder Cody Bellinger.
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The Giants used three infield hits and two errors to score a pair of runs against Sale in the sixth inning, then Matt Chapman’s double set up Luis Arraez’s sacrifice fly in the seventh.
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In it, the man stumbles around, blinded by the sun, surrounded by insensible tourists.
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The conversation stumbles on for a few moments, but Crook can’t find the words.
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Its publisher dubs Cloudthief a data-center noir, which makes Air a data-center fantasy and last year’s film Eddington a data-center western.
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Cushing, Oklahoma, dubs itself the pipeline crossroads of the world.
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“Fluffs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fluffs. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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