fluff up
English
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Fluffing a cotton mattress by beating it with brisk strokes
Pronunciation
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Verb
fluff up (third-person singular simple present fluffs up, present participle fluffing up, simple past and past participle fluffed up)
- (transitive) To plump up.
- Fluff up the pillows to get the bed ready for guests.
- (slang) To make a gaffe or blunder; to fuck up.
- I fluffed up on that tricky ski jump.
Translations
plump up
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