Fluff Word Meaning

late 18th century: probably a dialect alteration of 16th-century flue ‘down, nap, fluff’, apparently from Flemish vluwe

soft fibres from fabrics such as wool or cotton which accumulate in small light clumps

soft fibres accumulated in small clumps

• he brushed his sleeve to remove the fluff

entertainment or writing perceived as trivial or superficial

trivial or superficial entertainment etc.

• the film is a piece of typical Hollywood fluff

a mistake made in speaking or playing music, or by an actor in delivering their lines.

mistake in speaking, playing, music, etc.

make (something) appear fuller and softer by shaking or brushing it

cause to appear fuller and softer

• I fluffed up the pillows

fail to perform or accomplish (something) successfully or well

fail to accomplish properly

• the extra fluffed his only line