fluff

fluff something out

[for a bird] to move its feathers outward. The parrot said good night, fluffed its feathers out, and went to sleep. The bird fluffed out its feathers.

See also: out

fluff something up

to make something soft appear fuller or higher. Fluff your pillow up before you go to bed. She fluffed up her pillow before retiring.

See also: up

fluff one's lines and blow one's lines; muff one's lines

to speak one's speech badly or forget one's lines when one is in a play. The actress fluffed her lines badly in the last act. I was in a play once, and I muffed my lines over and over. It's okay to blow your lines in rehearsal.

See also: line

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a bit of fluff/skirt  (British & Australian old-fashioned, very informal)

a sexually attractive woman Who was that nice bit of skirt I saw you with last night?

See also: bit