"fluffing" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈflʌfɪŋ/ Forms: fluffings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fluffing (plural fluffings)
  1. The act by which something is fluffed.
    Sense id: en-fluffing-en-noun-PTfrJmsm

Verb

IPA: /ˈflʌfɪŋ/
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} fluffing
  1. present participle and gerund of fluff Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: fluff
    Sense id: en-fluffing-en-verb-7ODdkOQx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 26 74

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for fluffing meaning in English (1.6kB)

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