fluff

English Thesaurus

1. a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines) (noun.act)

hypernym	:	bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall,
definition	:	an embarrassing mistake (noun.act)

2. something of little value or significance (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	small beer, trifle, trivia, triviality,
definition	:	something of small importance (noun.artifact)

3. any light downy material (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	material, stuff,
definition	:	the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object (noun.substance)

4. ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect (verb.body)

hypernym	:	comb, comb out, disentangle,
definition	:	smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb (verb.body)

5. erect or fluff up (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	loosen,
definition	:	make less dense (verb.contact)

6. make a mess of, destroy or ruin (verb.social)

hypernym	:	fail, go wrong, miscarry,
definition	:	be unsuccessful (verb.social)

7. a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines) (noun.act)

derivation	:	ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil,
definition	:	make a mess of, destroy or ruin (verb.social)

8. any light downy material (noun.substance)

derivation	:	downlike, downy, flossy, fluffy,
definition	:	like down or as soft as down (adj.all)

9. ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect (verb.body)

derivation	:	comb-out, teasing,
definition	:	the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb (noun.act)

10. erect or fluff up (verb.contact)

also	:	fluff up, plump up, shake up,
definition	:	make fuller by shaking (verb.contact)

11. make a mess of, destroy or ruin (verb.social)

derivation	:	bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall,
definition	:	an embarrassing mistake (noun.act)

derivation	:	balls-up, ballup, cockup, mess-up,
definition	:	something badly botched or muddled (noun.act)

derivation	:	fluff,
definition	:	a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines) (noun.act)

derivation	:	screwup,
definition	:	the complete mismanagement or mishandling of a situation (noun.act)

derivation	:	spoil, spoilage, spoiling,
definition	:	the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it (noun.act)

derivation	:	blunderer, botcher, bumbler, bungler, butcher, fuckup, fumbler, sad sack, stumbler,
definition	:	someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence (noun.person)

12. a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines) (noun.act)

derivation	:	ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil,
definition	:	make a mess of, destroy or ruin (verb.social)

13. any light downy material (noun.substance)

derivation	:	downlike, downy, flossy, fluffy,
definition	:	like down or as soft as down (adj.all)

14. ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect (verb.body)

derivation	:	comb-out, teasing,
definition	:	the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb (noun.act)

15. erect or fluff up (verb.contact)

also	:	fluff up, plump up, shake up,
definition	:	make fuller by shaking (verb.contact)

16. make a mess of, destroy or ruin (verb.social)

derivation	:	bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall,
definition	:	an embarrassing mistake (noun.act)

derivation	:	balls-up, ballup, cockup, mess-up,
definition	:	something badly botched or muddled (noun.act)

derivation	:	fluff,
definition	:	a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines) (noun.act)

derivation	:	screwup,
definition	:	the complete mismanagement or mishandling of a situation (noun.act)

derivation	:	spoil, spoilage, spoiling,
definition	:	the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it (noun.act)

derivation	:	blunderer, botcher, bumbler, bungler, butcher, fuckup, fumbler, sad sack, stumbler,
definition	:	someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence (noun.person)