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Fluffed vs Luffed - What's the difference?

fluffed | luffed |

As verbs the difference between fluffed and luffed

is that fluffed is (fluff) while luffed is (luff).

fluffed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (fluff)

    • fluff

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
  • Anything inconsequential or superficial.
  • Lapse, especially a mistake in an actor’s lines.
  • (label) marshmallow creme
  • (label) A passive partner in a lesbian relationship.
  • (Australia, euphemistic) A fart.

    • Synonyms

    * fuzz, puff * (anything inconsequential or superficial) BS, cruft, hype, all talk * (a lapse) blooper, blunder, boo-boo, defect, error, fault, faux pas, gaffe, lapse, mistake, slip, stumble, thinko * (passive in a lesbian relationship) ruffle * See also

    Derived terms

    * fluffy

    See also

    * dust * lint * plumage

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make something fluffy.
    • The cat fluffed its tail.
  • To become fluffy.
  • (transitive, intransitive, of an actor or announcer) To make a mistake in one’s lines
  • To do incorrectly, for example mishit, miskick, miscue etc.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=June 19 , author=Phil McNulty , title=England 1-0 Ukraine , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Either side of Rooney's fluffed chance, it was a tale of Ukrainian domination as they attacked England down both flanks and showed the greater fluidity of the teams.}}
  • (intransitive, Australia, euphemistic) To fart.

    • Derived terms

    * fluffer * fluff up * fluff girl English onomatopoeias ----

    luffed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (luff)

    • Anagrams

    * *

    luff

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) The vertical edge of a sail that is closest to the direction of the wind.
    • By easing the halyard, the luff of the sail was made to sag to leeward.
  • (nautical) The act of sailing a ship close to the wind.
  • (nautical) The roundest part of a ship's bow.
  • (nautical) The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (nautical, of a sail, intransitive) To shake due to being trimmed improperly.
  • (nautical, of a boat, intransitive) To alter course to windward so that the sails luff. (Alternatively luff up )
  • (nautical) to let out [a sail] so that it luffs.
  • (mechanical) To alter the vertical angle of the jib of a crane so as to bring it level with the load.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1999 , author=Howard I. Shapiro, Jay P. Shapiro, Lawrence K. Shapiro , title=Cranes and Derricks , page=95 , isbn=0070578893 citation , passage=The tower is mounted on a slewing platform, which also carries the power plant and the counterweights, while the jib is supported and luffed by fixed pendant ropes.}}

    Derived terms

    * luff alee * luffing crane * luff round * luff tackle * luff upon luff

    References