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.
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The fluffy birds - which are estimated to be between 40 to 50 days old - were discovered at Moor Farm, near Peterborough, and were ringed on Thursday as part of ongoing conservation work.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
She’s everything I wasn’t and never would be: aggressively pink, fluffy and wrapped in an impenetrable privilege that appeared to reward her ditziness.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026
In fact, this rager was Hello Kitty–themed—with trippy visuals of the fluffy cat blaring behind the DJs—and was hosted by the Dave & Buster’s in Ontario, California, just over 35 miles outside Los Angeles.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
Longer potatoes with a thin skin that makes them easier to peel, and varieties that crisp up when cooked to produce that perfect fluffy fry, were just a few of the company’s criteria.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Abby’s mom came in yawning and wearing a fluffy purple bathrobe that swept along the floor behind her.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
It’s a regulatory agency, and its mission since its founding in 1934 has been to protect investors, not to make things fluffier for stock issuers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
On the fluffier human-interest side, in the bright light of morning programming, her interviewing style looked more antagonistic than sharp.
From Slate ● May 6, 2026
"It's often fluffier or a: 'Oh, we have a trans person in this, but we're not really gonna talk about it or talk about their experiences'."
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025
Even though prior observation of the Milky Way showed these filaments were present in molecular clouds which became sites for star formation, Alma’s SMC studies demonstrate that stars can also form in fluffier conditions.
From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2025
Owls the size of a robin, only vastly fluffier, screamed from the rocks as we passed them.
From Jimgrim and Allah's Peace by Mundy, Talbot
Astronomers have identified two of the fluffiest giant planets ever discovered, with densities so low they are actually less dense than cotton candy.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 27, 2026
For the fluffiest results, mix this banana-and-buttermilk pancake batter minimally.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
So it's possible that baking potatoes whole, then hand-mashing their interiors with the same amounts of melted butter, warmed cream, and salt could bear the fluffiest, least-waterlogged mash yet.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2021
Another idea: After bath time, take the biggest, fluffiest towel you have and wrap them like a burrito as tightly as you can.
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2020
When we enter Quinton’s room, we find him resting peacefully on the fluffiest pillows you can imagine.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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