Fluff
Fluff , noun
[Compare 2d Flue. r84.]
1.
Nap or down; flue[2]; soft, downy feathers.
2.
Anything light and downy, whose volume consists mostly of air, such as cotton or down.
3.
Something light and inconsequential; something not to be taken seriously; -- used commonly of literary or dramatic productions, and sometimes of people.
4.
A mistake, especially in the recitation of lines in a drama.
Fluff , verb, transitive and intransitive
To make or become fluffy; to move lightly like fluff. — Holmes
Fluff , transitive verb
To make a mistake in the performance of; -- used mostly of lines in a drama; as, he fluffed the last line of the act.