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fluff-ups

fluff-ups is the plural of fluff-up.

Meaning of fluff-up

Noun

fluff-up (plural fluff-ups)

  1. A blunder.
    • On top of that he upset the frying-pan with an almighty fluff-up of blazing fat, and exploded into curses.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 202

Questions about fluff-ups

What is fluff-ups the plural of?
Fluff-ups is the plural of fluff-up.

Words near fluff-ups in the dictionary

  1. fluff-dried
  2. fluff-dries
  3. fluff-dry
  4. fluff-drying
  5. fluff-up
  6. fluff-ups
  7. fluffball
  8. fluffballs
  9. fluffbunnies
  10. fluffbunny
  11. fluffbutt

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