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Dictionary: fluff   (flŭf) pronunciation
n.
  1. Light down or fuzz, as on a young bird or on a dandelion or milkweed seed.
  2. Something having a very light, soft, or frothy consistency or appearance: a fluff of meringue; a fluff of cloud.
  3. Something of little substance or consequence, especially:
    1. Light or superficial entertainment: The movie was just another bit of fluff from Hollywood.
    2. Inflated or padded material: The report was mostly fluff, with little new information.
  4. The parts of a junked car that are not metal and cannot be recycled.
  5. Informal. An error, especially in the delivery of lines, as by an actor or announcer.

v., fluffed, fluff·ing, fluffs.

v.tr.
  1. To make fluffy: fluff a pillow; a squirrel fluffing out its tail.
  2. Informal.
    1. To ruin or mar by a mistake or blunder: They fluffed their chance to participate in the playoffs by losing their last three games.
    2. To forget or botch (one's lines).
v.intr.
  1. To become fluffy.
  2. Informal. To make an error, especially to forget or botch one's lines.

[Origin unknown.]


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - dun, fortalelse, fjumrehoved, underslag
v. tr. - lave kludder i, purre op i
v. intr. - blive dunet, lave underslag, læse forkert i en replik

idioms:

  • fluff up    ryste

Nederlands (Dutch)
dons(haar), iets onbelangrijks, blunder (m.n. tekst vergeten door acteur), niet goed gespeelde rol (in theater), donzig worden/ maken, blunderen, verknoeien

Français (French)
n. - peluche, poussière, flocon, duvet, gaffe, (US) frivolités
v. tr. - hérisser, faire bouffer (les cheveux), lainer (un drap), (Théât) rater son entrée
v. intr. - se hérisser

idioms:

  • fluff up    hérisser, faire bouffer, (Théât) rater/louper (son entrée)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Flaum, Fusseln
v. - falsch machen

idioms:

  • fluff up    aufschütteln

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - χνούδι, σαρδάμ
v. - αφραταίνω, αναφουφουλιάζω, μπερδεύω ή ξεχνώ τα λόγια μου

idioms:

  • fluff up    αναφουφουλιάζω, κάνω να φουσκώσει

Italiano (Italian)
lanugine

idioms:

  • fluff up    sprimacciare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - felpa (f)
v. - felpar, agir de modo errado ou sem sucesso (coloq.)

idioms:

  • fluff up    afofar, sacudir

Русский (Russian)
пух, хлопья пыли, оговорка, ошибка, промах, взбивать, забыть текст

idioms:

  • fluff up    распушить

Español (Spanish)
n. - plumón, flojel, pelusa, lanilla, vello
v. tr. - ahuecar, mullir, esponjar
v. intr. - esponjarse, ahuecarse

idioms:

  • fluff up    mullir, esponjar, olvidar, equivocar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - löst ludd, päls (kanin mfl.), mjuk dunig massa, felsägning (vard.)
v. - ludda upp, staka sig på (vard.), bli dunig, staka sig (vard.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
软毛, 绒毛, 柔毛, 使起毛, 念错, 抖松, 起毛, 出错, 变松

idioms:

  • fluff up    抖开, 松开

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 軟毛, 絨毛, 柔毛
v. tr. - 使起毛, 念錯, 抖鬆
v. intr. - 起毛, 出錯, 變鬆

idioms:

  • fluff up    抖開, 鬆開

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 보풀, 한 뭉치의 털
v. tr. - 부풀게 하다
v. intr. - 보풀이 일다, 둥실둥실 뜨다

idioms:

  • fluff up    푸드득 거리며 몸을 부풀리다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - けば, 綿ぼこり, うぶ毛, しくじり, とちり, ふわふわした物, 綿毛, 産毛
v. - けば立てる, とちる, しくじる

idioms:

  • fluff up    ふんわりさせる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) زغب (فعل) يزغب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮טעות, פספוס, פלומה, מוך, שגיאה בנגינה, בנאום, במשחק וכו'‬
v. tr. - ‮ניער (כר), פספס, שגה, ניפח (שיער)‬
v. intr. - ‮ניער (כר), פספס, ניפח (שיער), שגה‬


 
 

 

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