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fluffing off

fluffing off is the present participle and gerund of fluff off.

Meaning of fluff off

Verb

fluff off (third-person singular simple present fluffs off, present participle fluffing off, simple past and past participle fluffed off)

  1. (slang, transitive) To dismiss or reject; fob off; put off by evasion.
    • Instead of fluffing me off, you continue to be there for me even when I talk stupid or complain.2006, Susan Wilson, Digital Soup Online, page 10

Questions about fluffing off

What is fluffing off the present participle and gerund of?
Fluffing off is the present participle and gerund of fluff off.

Words near fluffing off in the dictionary

  1. fluffily
  2. fluffiness
  3. fluffinesses
  4. fluffing
  5. fluffing about
  6. fluffing off
  7. fluffing one's feathers
  8. fluffing one's lines
  9. fluffing out
  10. fluffing up
  11. fluffings

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