floof

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To make something fluffy

   To make something fluffy; to fluff (up).

   • Then she floofs out her blonde curls artlessly and opens her mouth wide, checking her teeth for spinach.
   • From a dim corner, Stella [a bird] stirred: a floofing of feathers, a dry click, click of talons across the perch.
   • Josette is pegging out the laundry in her garden. […] She takes a pair of trousers and floofs them so that they uncrumple. A pair of frilly knickers fly out from the leg and I laugh.
2. 2

   To move in a floofy or fluffy manner.

   • She floofed down between Max and me on the Chickly Shabby sofa.
   • Holly flung herself on an upholstered sofa, her cute retro dress floofing around her.
   • I peeked over my makeup mirror to watch Stefano clamp a pasta bowl between two fingers and pet it with the yellow sponge. Suds floofed onto the counter and his shirt, the wall and the floor.
3. 3

   Used to indicate the (supposed) sound of moving air, as in an explosion, a puff of smoke,…

   Used to indicate the (supposed) sound of moving air, as in an explosion, a puff of smoke, etc.

   • As I [the universe] was saying, I had no idea what to expect before the beginning, so to speak. Perhaps it really went floof, woosh, bang. Or bang, woosh, floof. Or even woosh, floof, bang. You know how permutations go.
   • floof [MAD #181, March 1976] A word indicating a puff of smoke has appeared, as in a smoke signal: also FLOOF [MAD #181, March 1976] The imaginary sound of a single puff of smoke created with a blanket
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   1. 4

      A long-haired dog, cat, or similar furry pet animal.

   2. 5

      The fur of such an animal.

   3. 6

      Hair that looks fluffy, like fur from such an animal.

The neighborhood

• synonymfluff
• neighborfloofy