Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fluff"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fluff \Fluff\, v. t. & i.
To make or become fluffy; to move lightly like fluff.
--Holmes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fluff \Fluff\, n. [Cf. 2d {Flue}. [root]84.]
Nap or down; flue; soft, downy feathers.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fluff
n 1: any light downy material
2: something of little value or significance [syn: {bagatelle},
{frippery}, {frivolity}]
3: a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)
v 1: make a mess of, destroy or ruin [syn: {botch}, {bumble}, {fumble},
{botch up}, {muff}, {blow}, {flub}, {screw up}, {ball
up}, {spoil}, {muck up}, {bungle}, {bollix}, {bollix up},
{bollocks}, {bollocks up}, {bobble}, {mishandle}, {louse
up}, {foul up}, {mess up}, {fuck up}]
2: erect or fluff up; "the bird ruffled its feathers" [syn: {ruffle}]
3: ruffle by combing towards the ends towards the scalp, for a
full effect; of hair [syn: {tease}]
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