fluffy

See also: Fluffy

English

The head of a fluffy Bichon Frisé.

Etymology

fluff + -y

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /flʌfi/
Rhymes: -ʌfi

Adjective

fluffy (comparative fluffier, superlative fluffiest)

Covered with fluff.
Fluffy bunny rabbits are really nice to stroke.
Light; soft; airy.
I like my scrambled eggs to be light and fluffy in texture.
(colloquial) Warm and comforting.
Being in love with my boyfriend gives me a fluffy feeling inside.
(colloquial) Not clearly defined or explained; fuzzy.
- 2008, R.Safley, Reagan's Game
  Someone sold you the fluffy idea that brains triumphs over strength when you were picked last for the sports team.
Lightweight; superficial; lacking depth or seriousness.
- 2006, Linda Nochlin, Bathers, Bodies, Beauty: The Visceral Eye, page 271:
  And she is represented reading with great concentration, and not some fluffy novel but the rather politically oriented and literary Le Figaro, its title prominent if upside down in the foreground.

Synonyms

Hyponyms

furry
downy

Related terms

Translations

covered with fluff

Bulgarian: мъхнат (bg) (mǎhnat), пухкав (bg) (puhkav)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蓬鬆 (zh), 蓬松 (zh) (péngsōng), 毛茸茸 (zh) (máoróngrōng)
Dutch: pluizig (nl)
Esperanto: lanuga (eo)
Finnish: pöyheä, pehmeä (fi), pörröinen
French: pelucheux (fr)
Galician: esponxoso m
German: flauschig (de), fluffig (de)
Hungarian: bolyhos (hu)
Irish: clúmhach

Japanese: ふかふかした (fukafuka shita), ふわふわした (fuwafuwa shita)
Latvian: pūkains
Norman: pliutcheux (Jersey)
Norwegian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: puchaty (pl)
Portuguese: fofo (pt) m, fofa (pt) f, felpudo (pt) m
Russian: пуши́стый (ru) (pušístyj), ворси́стый (ru) (vorsístyj)
Spanish: peludo (es), suave (es)
Swedish: fluffig (sv)
Turkish: tüylü (tr)

light; soft; airy

Bulgarian: пухкав (bg) (puhkav)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: ilmava (fi), kuohkea
French: pelucheux (fr)
Galician: espelido m
German: flockig
Japanese: ふかふかした (fukafuka shita)
Latvian: pūkains

Norman: pliutcheux (Jersey)
Polish: puszysty (pl) m
Portuguese: macio (pt)
Russian: пуши́стый (ru) (pušístyj)
Spanish: fofo (es) m, fofa (es) f
Swedish: lätt (sv), luftig (sv), fluffig (sv)
Turkish: pofuduk (tr), yumuşacık (tr)

warm and comforting

Chinese:
Mandarin: 溫暖 (zh), 温暖 (zh) (wēnnuǎn)
Finnish: lämpöinen (fi)
German: flauschig (de)

Japanese: ほっこり (hokkori)
Norwegian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: pofidik, pofuduk (tr)

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Translations to be checked

Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} lanuga

Slovak: ^{(please verify)} mäkučký

Noun

fluffy (plural fluffies)

Someone or something that is fluffy.
- 2014, William Gray, Cornwall with Kids, page 119:
  Children can pamper the fluffies in the pets' corner […]
(New Zealand) A babycino (frothy milk drink).

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