fluffedadj.
/flʌft/, U.S. /fləft/ a. Having or covered with fluff or soft hairs; puffed out like a ball of fluff.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [adjective] > soft and fluffy > like a ball of fluff
fluffed1906
1906 Westm. Gaz. 6 Jan. 14/1 A pair of little sedge-warblers busy feeding a fluffed-out young cuckoo.
1909 M. B. Saunders Litany Lane i. xi A dark-fluffed, dimple-fisted citizen [sc. a baby].
b. Of a bungled shot at golf (cf. fluff v.1 5e).
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [adjective] > types of stroke
heeled1887
lofted1887
sliced1890
sclaffy1896
foozled1899
lofting1905
duffed1906
holeable1909
socketed1911
explosive1912
chipped1916
fluffed1923
missable1924
bump-and-run1978
1923 Glasgow Herald 25 June 9 There were fluffed strokes near the green.
1930 Morning Post 17 June 14 Jones's fluffed pitch at Hoylake.
c. Of a badly-played piece of music (cf. fluff v.1 5d and duffed adj.2).
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > [adjective] > badly performed
fluffed1965
1965 New Statesman 9 Apr. 586/2 The Mahler performance..had all the marks of under-rehearsal: changed character and contrast..and every now and again a fluffed entry.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1906