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fluff

Nouns

• (n) any light downy material
• (n) something of little value or significance frippery, bagatelle, frivolity,
• (n) a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)

Verbs

• (v) make a mess of, destroy or ruin
  • I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
  • the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
  ball up, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, foul up, fuck up, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, spoil, muff, screw up, fumble, blow,
• (v) erect or fluff up
  • the bird ruffled its feathers
  ruffle,
• (v) ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect tease,

Synonyms

ball up bobble bodge bollix bollix up bollocks bollocks up botch botch up bumble bungle flub foul up fuck up louse up mess up mishandle muck up spoil muff screw up fumble blow frippery bagatelle frivolity ruffle tease

See also

fluff up plump up shake up

Words of close approximity