fluff up

verb, noun — 3 senses

fluff up

verbalso spelled fluff-up

1

To plump up.

Fluff up the pillows to get the bed ready for guests.

2

Slang To make a gaffe or blunder; to fuck up.

I fluffed up on that tricky ski jump.

fluff-up

noun

1

A blunder.

On top of that he upset the frying-pan with an almighty fluff-up of blazing fat, and exploded into curses.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 202:

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