fluffs

Plumps a pillow

Fluffs is the verb form of fluff—to shake or puff something to make it fuller or softer: She fluffs the pillows before guests arrive.

An actor who fluffs a line delivers it badly or forgets it.

As a noun, fluffs are bits of soft, downy material or minor mistakes: lint fluffs on his jacket, a few fluffs in an otherwise solid performance.

softness

down

Toward lower ground

wool · pillows · cushions · plush · puff · batting · filling · padding · loft · fluffiness

mistakes

blunders

Serious mistakes from carelessness

  • errorsUnintentional deviations from correctness
  • gaffesEmbarrassing social mistakes
  • slip-upsCareless small mistakes

goofs · botches · fumbles · bloopers · mishaps · bungles · missteps · snafus · screw-ups · oversights

Opposites
performance quality

fluffsnails

Metal fasteners, finger coverings

aces · perfects · delivers · succeeds · triumphs

error severity

fluffsdisasters

Ruinous events causing suffering

debacles · fiascos · train wrecks · epic fails · meltdowns

texture/density

fluffscompresses

Squeezes into less space

flattens · compacts · crushes · deflates · presses

Phrases
Family

fluffy, fluff, fluffed, fluffing, fluffer, fluff up

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G