fluff
Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathersAnything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
» These pillows need to be fluffed up.
Эти подушки надо взбить.
Meaning
10 senses(countable, uncountable)Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
Flaum, Fluse, Fussel
пухpux, пушо́кpušók
(countable, uncountable)Anything inconsequential or superficial.
That article was basically a bunch of fluff. It didn't say anything substantive.
ерунда́jerundá, чепуха́čepuxá, чушьčušʹ
(countable, informal, uncountable)A lapse or mistake, especially a mistake in an actor's lines.
про́махprómax, просчётprosčót, опло́шностьoplóšnostʹ
a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)
(countable, informal, slang, uncountable)A cloth diaper.
(New England, countable, uncountable)Marshmallow creme.
That New England-style salami and fluff sandwich sure hit the spot!
(countable, uncountable)A passive partner in a lesbian relationship.
(Australia, Canada, New Zealand, countable, euphemistic, uncountable)A fart.
(countable, slang, uncountable)Fan fiction, or part of a fan fiction, which is sweet and feel-good in tone, usually involving romance.
(UK, countable, uncountable)A form of roleplaying which is inconsequential and not related to the plot; often used in the context of (but not limited to) filling time.
(UK, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable)Short change deliberately given by a railway clerk, to keep back money for himself.
Examples
15 sentencesThese pillows need to be fluffed up.
ruЭти подушки надо взбить.
Could you fluff my pillow for me?
I fluffed the pillows on the bed.
She fluffed the duvet on the bed.
Let's see if I can fluff up your pillow.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 1
Origin
From earlier floow (“woolly substance, down, nap, lint”), also spelt flough, flue, and fleFrom earlier floow (“woolly substance, down, nap, lint”), also spelt flough, flue, and flew, from West Flemish vluwe,
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Forms
plural: fluffsSynonyms
26 synonymsWord family
20 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable