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  1. noun Light down or fuzz, as on a young bird or on a dandelion or milkweed seed.
  2. noun Something having a very light, soft, or frothy consistency or appearance: a fluff of meringue; a fluff of cloud.
  3. noun Something of little substance or consequence, especially:
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  • The poisonous fluff was a different stage in the lifecycle of the fungus-fluff, and therefore impossible to eliminate. —  Magazine - Future Orbits - [Vol 02] - Issue 03 - June-July 2002
  • It's just that the response does not use the typical social word-fluff, the stock sympathy phrases. —  Andrea's Buzzing About:
  • The first cake filling consists of Dumle-fluff, which is done by melting —  A cat in the kitchen
  • Social Gaming Network Acquires Friends - Social Gaming Network Tuesday announced that it has completed its acquisition of (fluff) Friends, a Facebook game that lets people adopt virtual furry friends and interact with friends who also have virtual pets. (fluff) Friends users can choose from a group of "fluff" pets that can be personalized to match the user's personality. —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
  • As simple as it is to make it part of your own characters fluff, the concept sees prevalent enough that there should be some meat to the idea. —  Critical Hits
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fuzz ·  lint ·  horsehair ·  gauze ·  whisker ·  ruff ·  moss ·  seaweed ·  ringlet ·  tuft ·  blur ·  wool
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  1. Origin unknown.

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  1. Also written flough (?); connection with flue uncertain: see flue, and cf. fluff.
  2. from fluff, n.
  3. Perhaps imitative, like puff, q. v.
  4. See the noun.
 

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