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Entry 6 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Fluff

/flŭf/ · IPA /flʌf/
01 n. Nap or down; flue[2]; soft, downy feathers.
  1. 1.
    Nap or down; flue[2]; soft, downy feathers.
  2. 2.
    Anything light and downy, whose volume consists mostly of air, such as cotton or down.
  3. 3.
    Something light and inconsequential; something not to be taken seriously; -- used commonly of literary or dramatic productions, and sometimes of people.
  4. 4.
    A mistake, especially in the recitation of lines in a drama.
02 v. t. & i. To make or become fluffy; to move lightly like fluff.
  1. 1.
    To make or become fluffy; to move lightly like fluff.
03 v. t. To make a mistake in the performance of; -- used mostly of lines in a drama; as, he fluffed the last line of the act.
  1. 1.
    To make a mistake in the performance of; -- used mostly of lines in a drama; as, he fluffed the last line of the act.