fluff Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun any light downy material
   
2. noun something of little value or significance
   frippery; bagatelle; frivolity.
   
3. noun a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)
   
4. verb make a mess of, destroy or ruin
   muck up; foul up; blow; botch up; botch; bollix; fumble; mishandle; bollocks; bumble; ball up; bobble; bollocks up; spoil; bollix up; fuck up; flub; bodge; muff; louse up; mess up; screw up; bungle.
   
   • I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
   • the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
5. verb erect or fluff up
   ruffle.
   
   • the bird ruffled its feathers
6. verb ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
   tease.
   

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