fluffy
Americanadjective
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of, resembling, or covered with fluff.
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light or airy.
a fluffy cake.
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having little or no intellectual weight; superficial or frivolous.
fluffy thinking.
adjective
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of, resembling, or covered with fluff
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soft and light
fluffy hair
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sentimental or overromantic; not very intelligent
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characterized by nonviolent methods
fluffy environmentalist protestors
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Origin of fluffy
Explanation
Things that are soft and airy look and feel fluffy. Down comforters, buttermilk pancakes, certain cats, and big snowflakes are all fluffy. Many things that are fluffy give comfort, like the soft pillows on your bed. But sometimes fluffy is a put-down. News programs that tell you everything about celebrities and nothing about important events are fluffy. So are silly, pointless conversations — which, like favorite pillows, are sometimes exactly what you need.
Vocabulary lists containing fluffy
Example Sentences
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She makes a "smoothie" out of her fluffy yellow cream, rubbing blobs on the back of her hand and mixing it with a tinted moisturiser.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
New England-style lobster rolls weren’t always so plentiful in Los Angeles, and Connie & Ted’s offered some of the best and most consistent, spooning lobster shipped fresh from Gloucester, Mass., onto fluffy, griddled rolls.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026
He followed up with the cat meme: a six-second clip that showed a hand adjusting a necktie on a fluffy gray cat.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
What about a melty, fluffy egg that has an insane cheese pull?
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026
His fluffy tail swayed from side to side.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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