Fluff

What “Fluff” means

Noun

1. Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
2. Anything inconsequential or superficial.
3. A lapse or mistake, especially a mistake in an actor's lines.
4. A cloth diaper.
5. Marshmallow creme.

Verb

1. To make something fluffy.
2. To become fluffy, puff up.
3. To move lightly like fluff.
4. To make a mistake in one's lines.
5. To do incorrectly, for example mishit, miskick, miscue etc.

Where the word comes from

From earlier floow (“woolly substance, down, nap, lint”), also spelt flough, flue, and flew, from West Flemish vluwe, of uncertain ultimate origin: * Compare Old English flōh (“that which is flown off, fragment, piece”); see flaw * Possibly representing a blend of flue + puff; compare Middle Dutch vloe, or perhaps onomatopoeic; compare dialectal English floose, flooze, fleeze (“particles of wool or cotton; fluff; loose threads or fibres”), Danish fnug (“down, fluff”), Swedish fnugg (“speck, flake”). * Alternatively, West Flemish vluwe may derive from French velu (“hairy, furry”), from Latin villūtus (“having shaggy hair”), from villus (“shaggy hair, tuft of hair”). For words of similar sound and meaning in other languages, compare Japanese フワフワ (fuwafuwa, “lightly, softly”), Hungarian puha (“soft, fluffy”), Polish puchaty (“soft, fluffy”), Romanian puf (“down, peachfuzz, soft hair of som

Business name ideas with “Fluff”

Industries where “Fluff” fits

We suggest this word for 2 business types and industries, including:

• Dog Grooming Business
• Pet Care (except Veterinary) Services