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fluff

/flʌf/
noun
  1. Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.

  2. Anything inconsequential or superficial.

    "That article was basically a bunch of fluff. It didn't say anything substantive."

  3. A lapse or mistake, especially a mistake in an actor's lines.

    Similar: flub

Synonymsblooper, blunder, boo-boo, defect, error, fault
verb
  1. To make something fluffy.

    "The cat fluffed its tail."

  2. To become fluffy, puff up.

  3. To move lightly like fluff.

Synonymsflub, flub

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