1. (

• fluff

) any light downy material ;

2. (

• bagatelle ,
• fluff ,
• frippery ,
• frivolity

) something of little value or significance ;

3. (

• fluff

) a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines) ;

1. (

• botch ,
• bodge ,
• bumble ,
• fumble ,
• botch_up ,
• muff ,
• blow ,
• flub ,
• screw_up ,
• ball_up ,
• spoil ,
• muck_up ,
• bungle ,
• fluff ,
• bollix ,
• bollix_up ,
• bollocks ,
• bollocks_up ,
• bobble ,
• mishandle ,
• louse_up ,
• foul_up ,
• mess_up ,
• fuck_up

) make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement" ;

2. (

• ruffle ,
• fluff

) erect or fluff up; "the bird ruffled its feathers" ;

3. (

• tease ,
• fluff

) ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect ;