fluff
noun
1. any light downy material
Definition categories: substance, material, stuff
2. something of little value or significance
Similar word(s): bagatelle, frippery, frivolity
Definition categories: man–made, trifle, trivia, triviality
3. a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)
Definition categories: act, bloomer, blooper, blunder, botch, bungle, flub, pratfall
Sentences with fluff as a noun:
- That article was basically a bunch of fluff. It didn't say anything substantive.
verb
1. make a mess of, destroy or ruin
Similar word(s): blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, botch, bumble, bungle, flub, fumble, mishandle, muff, spoil
Definition categories: social, fail, miscarry
2. erect or fluff up
Similar word(s): ruffle
Definition categories: contact, loosen
3. ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
Similar word(s): tease
Definition categories: body, comb, disentangle
Sentences with fluff as a verb:
- The cat fluffed its tail.