fluff

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

Translation

n. (det fluff som faller från en filt, etc.) misslyckat försök; misstag
vt. & vi. (att) bli fluffig; (att) göra (fjädrar, päls, hår, etc.) mjukt och lätt genom att borsta.
Word Forms
Pluralfluffs
Third Person Singularfluffs
Present Participlefluffing
Past Tensefluffed
Past Participlefluffed

Phrases & Collocations

soft fluffy material

mjukt, fluffigt material

fluff a pillow

puffa en kudde

fluffing feathers

fjäderplym

Example Sentences

a fluff of meringue; a fluff of cloud.

en mjuk puff av maräng; en mjuk puff av moln.

I fluffed up the pillows.

Jag puffade upp kuddarna.

The cricketer fluffed the catch.

Cricketers missade en enkel boll.

fluff a pillow; a squirrel fluffing out its tail.

puffa en kudde; en ekorre som fluffar ut sin svans.

The movie was just another bit of fluff from Hollywood.

Filmen var bara ytterligare en bit fluff från Hollywood.

The report was mostly fluff, with little new information.

Rapporten var mestadels fluff, med lite ny information.

the extra fluffed his only line.

extran puffade hans enda replik.

Woolen blankets often have fluff on them.

Ulliga filtar har ofta fluff på sig.

While reading, he fluffed frequently.

Medan han läste, puffade han ofta.

The bird fluffed its feathers.

Fågeln fluffade sina fjädrar.

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

Det finns fluff och damm under möblerna. Vänligen rengör det ordentligt.

She fluffed up her hair.

Hon fluffade upp sitt hår.

The bird fluffed out its feathers.

Fågeln fluffade ut sina fjädrar.

Let me fluff up your pillows for you.

Låt mig fluffa upp dina kuddar åt dig.

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

De slarvade bort sin chans att delta i slutspelen genom att förlora sina sista tre matcher.

The bird fluffed out its feathers in the sun.

Fågeln fluffade ut sina fjädrar i solen.

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

Skådespelerskan var så glömsk att hon slarvade bort sina repliker.

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

Hon förbättrade bomullspuffaren och gjorde successivt det mest avancerade textilverktyget vid den tiden, en trampdriven spinnmaskin med tre spinnlar.

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

”Har han några andra flammor? Kan han till exempel grundlägga ett land, toppa bomull eller göra saltat kött?”

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.

Jag insåg att jag också behövde fluff—eller ska jag säga, lite schmaltz—alla de detaljer som kvinnor tänker på och män vanligtvis inte tar hänsyn till.

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