fluff

fluff
I [flʌf]
nome
1) (on clothes) peluria f.; (on carpet, under furniture) bioccoli m.pl. di polvere, laniccio m.; (on animal) peluria f., lanugine f.
2) (mistake) gaffe f.; teatr. telev. papera f.
3) AE colloq. (trivia) sciocchezze f.pl., banalità f.pl.
II [flʌf]
verbo transitivo
1) (anche fluff up) (puff up) arruffare [feathers]; sprimacciare [cushion]; rendere vaporoso, gonfiare [hair]
2) colloq. (get wrong) sbagliare [exam, cue, line]; steccare [note]
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1. noun
(small pieces of soft, wool-like material from blankets etc: My coat is covered with fluff.) lanugine
2. verb
1) ((often with out or up) to make full and soft like fluff: The bird fluffed out its feathers; Fluff up the pillows and make the invalid more comfortable.) arruffare
2) (to make a mistake in doing (something): The actress fluffed her lines; The golfer fluffed his stroke.) impaperarsi
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[flʌf]
1. n
(from blankets etc) pelucchi mpl , (of chicks, kittens) lanugine f
2. vt
1) (also: fluff out) rendere soffice or vaporoso (-a), (feathers) arruffare

to fluff up the pillows — sprimacciare i cuscini

2) (fam: make mistake in) impaperarsi nel recitare
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fluff /flʌf/
n.
1 [u] lanugine; peluria
2 [u] batuffoli (pl.) (di piume, ecc.): ciuffi (pl.) (di pelo, ecc.)
3 [u] laniccio (sotto il letto, ecc.)
4 (fam.) errore; (teatr., radio) papera
5 [u] (slang) cosa inconsistente, superficiale, sciocca
● (fam. scherz.) a bit of fluff, una ragazza.
(to) fluff /flʌf/
A v. t.
1 arruffare (le penne)
2 (anche to fluff up) gonfiare, rendere vaporosi (i capelli)
3 (anche to fluff up) sprimacciare (un cuscino, ecc.)
4 (fam.) sbagliare; pasticciare: (teatr.) to fluff one's lines, sbagliare la battuta; impaperarsi; (calcio, ecc.) to fluff an open goal, sbagliare un gol sicuro
B v. i.
(delle penne) arruffarsi; (dei capelli) gonfiarsi.
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I [flʌf]
nome
1) (on clothes) peluria f.; (on carpet, under furniture) bioccoli m.pl. di polvere, laniccio m.; (on animal) peluria f., lanugine f.
2) (mistake) gaffe f.; teatr. telev. papera f.
3) AE colloq. (trivia) sciocchezze f.pl., banalità f.pl.
II [flʌf]
verbo transitivo
1) (anche fluff up) (puff up) arruffare [feathers]; sprimacciare [cushion]; rendere vaporoso, gonfiare [hair]
2) colloq. (get wrong) sbagliare [exam, cue, line]; steccare [note]

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