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Grammar : Noun
Spell : fluhf
Phonetic Transcription : flʌf



Definition of fluff

Origin :
  • "light, feathery stuff," 1790, apparently a variant of floow "wooly substance, down, nap" (1580s), perhaps from Flemish vluwe, from French velu "shaggy, hairy," from Latin vellus "fleece," or Latin villus "tuft of hair" (see velvet). OED suggests fluff as "an imitative modification" of floow, "imitating the action of puffing away some light substance." Slang bit of fluff "young woman" is from 1903. The marshmallow confection Fluff dates to c.1920 in Massachusetts, U.S.
  • noun down
  • noun mistake
Example sentences :
  • Here they are, Puff and Fluff, two of the dearest mice in the world.
  • Extract from : « Five Mice in a Mouse-trap » by Laura E. Richards
  • "I should think a silver bed would be rather hard," said Fluff.
  • Extract from : « Five Mice in a Mouse-trap » by Laura E. Richards
  • And then he rolled out of bed; and then Fluff and Puff rolled out of bed.
  • Extract from : « Five Mice in a Mouse-trap » by Laura E. Richards
  • Sit down and read it to the children and Peepsy, won't you, Fluff?
  • Extract from : « Five Mice in a Mouse-trap » by Laura E. Richards
  • So Fluff read the famous piece of pottery, to the great delight of all.
  • Extract from : « Five Mice in a Mouse-trap » by Laura E. Richards
  • There must be half a mile of fluff over it in this weather, but it does not affect The Leek.
  • Extract from : « With The Night Mail » by Rudyard Kipling
  • I always felt there was a lot of good in Leighton under her fluff.
  • Extract from : « Miss Pat at School » by Pemberton Ginther
  • Venus of the Brine comes forth, In her hooded mantle's fluff.
  • Extract from : « Enamels and Cameos and other Poems » by Thophile Gautier
  • "Come on, Fluff," she said coaxingly, grasping the plume-like mane.
  • Extract from : « A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia » by Alice Turner Curtis
  • "After Fluff ran off I began to be frightened," she continued.
  • Extract from : « A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia » by Alice Turner Curtis

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