Textual thesaurus for "fluff"

(noun) bagatelle, frippery, frivolity

something of little value or significance

(verb) tease

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

(verb) ruffle

erect or fluff up

the bird ruffled its feathers

(verb) flub, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, ball up, spoil, screw up, mishandle, muck up, muff, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle

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