fluff

[US]/flʌf/
[UK]/flʌf/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. (det fnug der falder fra et tæppe osv.) mislykket forsøg; fejl
vt. & vi. (at) blive fnugget; (at) gøre (fjer, pels, hår osv.) bløde og lette ved at børste.
Word Forms
Pluralfluffs
Third Person Singularfluffs
Present Participlefluffing
Past Tensefluffed
Past Participlefluffed

Phrases & Collocations

soft fluffy material

blødt lodent materiale

fluff a pillow

puste en pude op

fluffing feathers

at gøre fjer luftige

Example Sentences

a fluff of meringue; a fluff of cloud.

en flødefnulling; en skyflødefnulling

I fluffed up the pillows.

Jeg fyldte puderne op.

The cricketer fluffed the catch.

Cricketeren missede bolden.

fluff a pillow; a squirrel fluffing out its tail.

fyld en pude op; en egern, der puster halen ud.

The movie was just another bit of fluff from Hollywood.

Filmen var bare endnu en letvægtsproduktion fra Hollywood.

The report was mostly fluff, with little new information.

Rapporten var mest fyld, med lidt ny information.

the extra fluffed his only line.

Ekstraen fyldte hans eneste replik op.

Woolen blankets often have fluff on them.

Uldtæpper har ofte fnug på sig.

While reading, he fluffed frequently.

Mens han læste, fyldte han ofte.

The bird fluffed its feathers.

Fuglen pjuskkede sine fjer.

There's fluff and dust under the furniture. Please clean it properly.

Der er fnug og støv under møblerne. Rengør det ordentligt.

She fluffed up her hair.

Hun pjuskkede sit hår.

The bird fluffed out its feathers.

Fuglen pjuskkede sine fjer ud.

Let me fluff up your pillows for you.

Lad mig fylde dine puder op for dig.

They fluffed their chance to participate in the playoffs by losing their last three games.

De spildte deres chance for at deltage i slutspillet ved at tabe deres sidste tre kampe.

The bird fluffed out its feathers in the sun.

Fuglen pjuskkede sine fjer ud i solen.

The actress was so absent-minded that she fluffed her lines.

Skuespillerinden var så glemsom, at hun glemte sine replikker.

She improved on the cotton fluffer and successively made the most advanced textile tool of the time, a pedal spinning wheel with three spindles.

Hun forbedrede bomuldsfylderen og fremstillede efterfølgende det mest avancerede tekstilværktøj i sin tid, en pedalspindemaskine med tre spindel.

"Does he have any other flairs? Say, can he father a country, or fluff cotton, or make salted-meat?"

Har han andre flairs? Kan han f.eks. stifte en nation, eller puste bomuld op, eller lave saltet kød?

I realized that I also needed fluff—or should I say, some schmaltz—all the details that women think of and men usually don't consider.

Jeg indså, at jeg også havde brug for fyld – eller skulle jeg sige, noget schmaltz – alle de detaljer, som kvinder tænker på, og som mænd normalt ikke overvejer.

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