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Meanings of fluff in English

Portuguese
bagatela

Something of little value or significance.

bagatela
Portuguese
borrar
Catalan
espifiar
Spanish
arruinar

Make a mess of, destroy or ruin.

borrar

Erect or fluff up.

Related terms

Ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect.

Usage of fluff in English
1
The Company's cellulose fibers product portfolio includes fluff, market and specialty pulps.
Reuters
2
No permanent space means there's no place for postcards or personal fluff.
The Guardian
3
Let me trim out all the fluff and get to work, already!
Wired
4
Sunrise disclosed the world trimmed from horizon to horizon in fairy fluff.
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920
5
You think I am being dramatic, building fluff when there isn't any.
Wired
6
Then uncover, fluff with a fork, and let cool to room temperature.
Reuters
7
In an instant George was standing on the wall, light as fluff.
Clayhanger
8
I think I'd have got better etertainment out of scrutinising my belly-fluff.
The Irish Times
9
The resulting wrestling match sent up another thick cloud of milkweed fluff.
The Bone Doll's Twin
10
The common native method is to attach a fluff of cotton wool.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
11
Any annoying mistakes, pieces of fluff or wayward mascara must be removed.
News.com.au
12
They were in a boudoir now, all pink fluff and spun sugar.
Second Foundation
13
Turn off the heat, and the coconut flakes and fluff the quinoa.
Jamaica Observer
14
I adjusted a picture, repositioned a vase, picked fluff from the carpet.
Temperance Brennan 01 - Déjà Dead
15
The dandelion fluff reminds me of Louis, of when we were kids.
The weight of silence
16
Runs on and on, I'm guessing to fluff his geeky little ego.
Bones Never Lie
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Translations for fluff
Spanish
arruinar
Fluff through the time
Fluff across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common