floof

Verb

floof (third-person singular simple present floofs, present participle floofing, simple past and past participle floofed)

1. (humorous, informal, often, transitive) To make something fluffy; to fluff (up).
   • Then she floofs out her blonde curls artlessly and opens her mouth wide, checking her teeth for spinach.2002, India Knight, Don't You Want Me?, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN
   • From a dim corner, Stella [a bird] stirred: a floofing of feathers, a dry click, click of talons across the perch.2010, Susan Fletcher, “Things that Go Thump”, in Ancient, Strange, and Lovely (The Dragon Chronicles), New York, N.Y.: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, →ISBN, page 9
2. (informal, intransitive) To move in a floofy or fluffy manner.
   • She floofed down between Max and me on the Chickly Shabby sofa.2012, Brian D'Amato, The Sacrifice Game (The Sacrifice Game Trilogy; 2), New York, N.Y.: Dutton, →ISBN
   • Holly flung herself on an upholstered sofa, her cute retro dress floofing around her.2014, Amylynn Bright, chapter 12, in Finish what We Started, Don Mills, Ont.: Carina Press, →ISBN

Interjection

1. Used to indicate the (supposed) sound of moving air, as in an explosion, a puff of smoke, etc.
   • As I [the universe] was saying, I had no idea what to expect before the beginning, so to speak. Perhaps it really went floof, woosh, bang. Or bang, woosh, floof. Or even woosh, floof, bang. You know how permutations go.1975, Paul West, “The Universe, and other Fictions”, in J[ames] Laughlin, Peter Glassgold, Frederick R. Martin, editors, New Directions in Prose and Poetry 31, New York, N.Y.: New Directions...
   • floof [MAD #181, March 1976] A word indicating a puff of smoke has appeared, as in a smoke signal: also FLOOF [MAD #181, March 1976] The imaginary sound of a single puff of smoke created with a blanket[2006, Kevin J. Taylor, editor, KA-BOOM!: A Dictionary of Comic Book Words, Symbols & Onomatopoeia: Comprising Many Hundreds of New Words which Modern Literature, Science & Philosophy have Neglected...

Noun

floof (countable and uncountable, plural floofs)

1. (Internet, countable, endearing) A long-haired dog, cat, or similar furry pet animal.

   Synonyms:

   floofer

2. (Internet, endearing, uncountable) The fur of such an animal.
3. (Internet, endearing, uncountable) Hair that looks fluffy, like fur from such an animal.