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fluff




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fluff
     1. n. Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
     2. n. Anything inconsequential or superficial.
           That article was basically a bunch of fluff. It didn't say anything substantive.
     3. n. Lapse, especially a mistake in an actor’s lines.
     4. n. (New England) Marshmallow creme.
     5. n. (LGBT) A passive partner in a lesbian relationship.
     6. n. (Australia, euphemistic) A fart.
     7. v. To make something fluffy.
           The cat fluffed its tail.
     8. v. (intransitive) To become fluffy, puff up.
     9. v. (intransitive) To move lightly like fluff.
     10. v. (transitive, intransitive, of an actor or announcer) To make a mistake in one’s lines.
     11. v. To do incorrectly, for example mishit, miskick, miscue etc.
     12. v. (intransitive, Australia, euphemistic) To fart.
     13. v. (transitive, slang) To arouse (a male pornographic actor) before filming.

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Example Sentences

When there is so much lightweight dross already cluttering up our stages who is going to notice more fluff



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