"fluff up" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-fluff up.ogg Forms: fluffs up [present, singular, third-person], fluffing up [participle, present], fluffed up [participle, past], fluffed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fluff up (third-person singular simple present fluffs up, present participle fluffing up, simple past and past participle fluffed up)
  1. (transitive) To plump up. Tags: transitive Translations (plump up): aufschütteln (German), αναφουφουλιάζω (anafoufouliázo) (Greek), распушить (raspušitʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-fluff_up-en-verb-F4KriFPA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 74 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of 'plump up': 95 5
  2. (slang) To make a gaffe or blunder; to fuck up. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-fluff_up-en-verb-SZhUfqNB

Inflected forms

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