English

Noun

fluff ‎(plural fluffs)

1. Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
2. Anything inconsequential or superficial.

   That article was basically a bunch of fluff. It didn't say anything substantive.‎

3. Lapse, especially a mistake in an actor’s lines.
4. (New England) Marshmallow creme.
5. (LGBT) A passive partner in a lesbian relationship.
6. (Australia, euphemistic) A fart.

(Can we add an example for this sense?)

Synonyms

• (anything light, soft or fuzzy): fuzz, oose (Scotland), puff
• (anything inconsequential or superficial): BS, cruft, hype, all talk
• (a lapse): blooper, blunder, boo-boo, defect, error, fault, faux pas, gaffe, lapse, mistake, slip, stumble, thinko
• (passive in a lesbian relationship): ruffle
• See also Wikisaurus:error

Derived terms

• bumfluff
• fluffy

Translations

See also

• dust
• lint
• plumage

Verb

fluff ‎(third-person singular simple present fluffs, present participle fluffing, simple past and past participle fluffed)

1. (transitive) To make something fluffy.

   The cat fluffed its tail.

2. (intransitive) To become fluffy.
3. (intransitive) To move lightly like fluff.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Holmes to this entry?)

4. (transitive, intransitive, of an actor or announcer) To make a mistake in one’s lines.
5. (transitive) To do incorrectly, for example mishit, miskick, miscue etc.
   • 2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport:

     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.

6. (intransitive, Australia, euphemistic) To fart.
7. (transitive, slang) To arouse (a male pornographic actor) before filming.
   • 2008, Blue Blake, Out of the Blue: Confessions of an Unlikely Porn Star (page 187)

     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.

Translations

Derived terms

• fluffer
• fluff up
• fluff girl

Swedish

Noun

fluff c

1. fluffy (and absorbent) stuff in a baby's diaper

Declension

Related terms

• fluffa
• fluffig

Synonyms

• fluffmassa

References

• fluff in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)