fluff – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of fluff

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to fluff
Participle: fluffed
Gerund: fluffing

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Ifluff
youfluff
he;she;itfluffs
wefluff
youfluff
theyfluff

Perfect

Ihave fluffed
youhave fluffed
he;she;ithas fluffed
wehave fluffed
youhave fluffed
theyhave fluffed

Past

Ifluffed
youfluffed
he;she;itfluffed
wefluffed
youfluffed
theyfluffed

Pluperfect

Ihad fluffed
youhad fluffed
he;she;ithad fluffed
wehad fluffed
youhad fluffed
theyhad fluffed

Future

Iwill fluff
youwill fluff
he;she;itwill fluff
wewill fluff
youwill fluff
theywill fluff

Future Perfect

Iwill have fluffed
youwill have fluffed
he;she;itwill have fluffed
wewill have fluffed
youwill have fluffed
theywill have fluffed

Subjunctive

Present

Ifluff
youfluff
he;she;itfluff
wefluff
youfluff
theyfluff

Perfect

Ihave fluffed
youhave fluffed
he;she;ithave fluffed
wehave fluffed
youhave fluffed
theyhave fluffed

Imperfect

Ifluffed
youfluffed
he;she;itfluffed
wefluffed
youfluffed
theyfluffed

Pluperfect

Ihad fluffed
youhad fluffed
he;she;ithad fluffed
wehad fluffed
youhad fluffed
theyhad fluffed

Conditional

Present

Iwould fluff
youwould fluff
he;she;itwould fluff
wewould fluff
youwould fluff
theywould fluff

Perfect

Iwould have fluffed
youwould have fluffed
he;she;itwould have fluffed
wewould have fluffed
youwould have fluffed
theywould have fluffed

Imperative

youfluff
weLet's fluff
youfluff

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam fluffing
youare fluffing
he;she;itis fluffing
weare fluffing
youare fluffing
theyare fluffing

Perfect

Ihave been fluffing
youhave been fluffing
he;she;ithas been fluffing
wehave been fluffing
youhave been fluffing
theyhave been fluffing

Past

Iwas fluffing
youwere fluffing
he;she;itwas fluffing
wewere fluffing
youwere fluffing
theywere fluffing

Pluperfect

Ihad been fluffing
youhad been fluffing
he;she;ithad been fluffing
wehad been fluffing
youhad been fluffing
theyhad been fluffing

Future

Iwill be fluffing
youwill be fluffing
he;she;itwill be fluffing
wewill be fluffing
youwill be fluffing
theywill be fluffing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been fluffing
youwill have been fluffing
he;she;itwill have been fluffing
wewill have been fluffing
youwill have been fluffing
theywill have been fluffing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be fluffing
youwould be fluffing
he;she;itwould be fluffing
wewould be fluffing
youwould be fluffing
theywould be fluffing

Perfect

Iwould have been fluffing
youwould have been fluffing
he;she;itwould have been fluffing
wewould have been fluffing
youwould have been fluffing
theywould have been fluffing

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'fluff'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'fluff'

bluff, fuff, luff, pluff, sluff, buff, chuff, cuff, duff, faff,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. From earlier floow (“woolly substance, down, nap, lint”), also spelt flough, flue, and flew, from West Flemish vluwe,
2. of uncertain ultimate origin:
3. * Compare Old English flōh (“that which is flown off, fragment, piece”); see flaw
4. * Possibly representing a blend of flue + puff; compare Middle Dutch vloe, or perhaps onomatopoeic; compare dialectal English floose, flooze, fleeze (“particles of wool or cotton; fluff; loose threads or fibres”), Danish fnug (“down, fluff”), Swedish fnugg (“speck, flake”).
5. * Alternatively, West Flemish vluwe may derive from French velu (“hairy, furry”), from Latin villūtus (“having shaggy hair”), from villus (“shaggy hair, tuft of hair”).
6. For words of similar sound and meaning in other languages, compare Japanese フワフワ (fuwafuwa, “lightly, softly”), Hungarian puha (“soft, fluffy”), Polish puchaty (“soft, fluffy”), Romanian puf (“down, peachfuzz, soft hair of some animals, powderpuff”). See: English 'floose', Hungarian 'puha'.

Sample Sentences

  • The cat fluffed its tail.
  • She gave the music-stool a twirl or two and fluffed down on to it like a whirl of soap-suds in a hand-basin. [1872, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., The Poet at the Breakfast-Table:]
  • Either side of Rooney's fluffed chance, it was a tale of Ukrainian domination as they attacked England down both flanks and showed the greater fluidity of the teams. [2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport:]
  • To get Lance Bronson hard, Chi Chi, in desperation, called Sharon Kane to come and fluff him on the set. People were always asking me how they could get a job as a fluffer. [2008, Blue Blake, Out of the Blue: Confessions of an Unlikely Porn Star, page 187:]
  • The warmup guy — as I now know is common for live audiences in taped television performances — kept fluffing the crowd like they were preschoolers.
  • “Now what are you going to do when we introduce the first comedian?”
  • Wild cheers.
  • “C'mon, that's not good enough! Let's try it again! What are you going to do???” [2016, Doug Stanhope, Digging Up Mother:]
  • A genial counter-man told Mr. Manners that, if he played artful, he might even now obtain the position of outside porter; you got no pay there, but you could gain a moderate competency by fluffing. [1900, The Railway Magazine, volume 7, page 559:]