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fluff
Overview of noun fluff
The noun fluff has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) fluff -- (any light downy material)
2. bagatelle, fluff, frippery, frivolity -- (something of little value or significance)
3. fluff -- (a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines))
Overview of verb fluff
The verb fluff has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up -- (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")
2. ruffle, fluff -- (erect or fluff up; "the bird ruffled its feathers")
3. tease, fluff -- (ruffle (one's hair) by combing towards the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fluff
3 senses of fluff
Sense 1
fluff
=> material, stuff
=> substance, matter
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
bagatelle, fluff, frippery, frivolity
=> triviality, trivia, trifle, small beer
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
fluff
=> blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo
=> mistake, error, fault
=> nonaccomplishment, nonachievement
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun fluff
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fluff
3 senses of fluff
Sense 1
fluff
=> material, stuff
Sense 2
bagatelle, fluff, frippery, frivolity
=> triviality, trivia, trifle, small beer
Sense 3
fluff
=> blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo
Antonyms of noun fluff
Member Holonyms of noun fluff
Substance Holonyms of noun fluff
Part Holonyms of noun fluff
Member Meronyms of noun fluff
Substance Meronyms of noun fluff
Part Meronyms of noun fluff
Meronyms of noun fluff
Holonyms of noun fluff
Attributes of noun fluff
Derived Forms of noun fluff
2 of 3 senses of fluff
Sense 1
fluff
RELATED TO>(adj) fluffy#1
=> downy, downlike, flossy, fluffy
Sense 3
fluff
RELATED TO>(verb) fluff#1
=> botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up
Domain of noun fluff
Domain Terms of noun fluff
Familiarity of noun fluff
fluff used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun fluff
3 senses of fluff
Sense 1
fluff
> material, stuff
=> rind
=> atom, molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck
=> ammunition
=> floccule, floc
=> HAZMAT
=> raw material, staple
=> sorbate
=> sorbent, sorbent material
=> diamagnet
=> mineral
=> rock, stone
=> adhesive material, adhesive agent, adhesive
=> sealing material
=> animal material
=> fluff
=> bimetal
=> abrasive, abradant, abrasive material
=> chemical, chemical substance
=> composite material
=> conductor
=> insulator, dielectric, nonconductor
=> contaminant, contamination
=> particulate, particulate matter
=> dust
=> elastomer
=> earth, ground
=> discharge, emission
=> detritus
=> waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product
=> fiber, fibre
=> filling, fill
=> foam
=> lubricant, lubricator, lubricating substance, lube
=> homogenate
=> humate
=> impregnation
=> paper
=> packing material, packing, wadding
=> coloring material, colouring material, color, colour
=> plant material
=> radioactive material
=> thickening, thickener
=> toner
=> transparent substance, translucent substance
=> undercut
=> builder, detergent builder
=> vernix, vernix caseosa
=> wad
Sense 2
bagatelle, fluff, frippery, frivolity
> triviality, trivia, trifle, small beer
=> bagatelle, fluff, frippery, frivolity
Sense 3
fluff
> blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo
=> bobble
=> snafu
=> spectacle
=> bull
=> fumble, muff
=> fluff
=> faux pas, gaffe, solecism, slip, gaucherie
=> howler
=> clanger
=> trip, trip-up, stumble, misstep
Meronyms of noun fluff
3 senses of fluff
Holonyms of noun fluff
Grep of noun fluff
fluff
fluffiness
fluffy omelet
marshmallow fluff
Antonyms of verb fluff
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fluff
3 senses of fluff
Sense 1
botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up
=> fail, go wrong, miscarry
Sense 2
ruffle, fluff
=> loosen
=> change, alter, modify
Also See> fluff up#1
Sense 3
tease, fluff
=> comb, comb out, disentangle
=> groom, neaten
=> fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb fluff
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fluff
3 senses of fluff
Sense 1
botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up
=> fail, go wrong, miscarry
Sense 2
ruffle, fluff
=> loosen
Also See> fluff up#1
Sense 3
tease, fluff
=> comb, comb out, disentangle
'Cause To' of verb fluff
Derived Forms of verb fluff
1 of 3 senses of fluff
Sense 1
botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up
RELATED TO>(noun) fluff#3
=> fluff
Domain of verb fluff
Domain Terms of verb fluff
Familiarity of verb fluff
fluff used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb fluff
3 senses of fluff
Sense 1
botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
ruffle, fluff
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
tease, fluff
EX: They fluff their hair
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb fluff
3 senses of fluff
Sense 1
botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up
> fail, go wrong, miscarry
=> take it on the chin
=> miss
=> overreach
=> botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up
=> strike out
=> fall
=> shipwreck
=> fall through, fall flat, founder, flop
Sense 2
ruffle, fluff
> loosen
=> scarify
=> ruffle, fluff
Sense 3
tease, fluff
> comb, comb out, disentangle
=> slick, slick down, sleek down
=> tease, fluff
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb fluff
Sense 1
botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up
=> fail, go wrong, miscarry
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Sense 2
ruffle, fluff
=> loosen
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Sense 3
tease, fluff
=> comb, comb out, disentangle
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Grep of verb fluff
fluff
fluff up
Grep of adj fluff
fluffy
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