Hair vs. Fluff

(countable) A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.

(uncountable) The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.

Example: ‘In the western world, women usually have long hair while men usually have short hair.’;

A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.

A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated.

Example: ‘Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar).’;

A locking spring or other safety device in the lock of a rifle, etc., capable of being released by a slight pressure on a hair-trigger.

(obsolete) Haircloth; a hair shirt.

(countable) Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.

Example: ‘Just a little louder please—turn that knob a hair to the right.’;

The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of the body.

One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in vertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is free and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the skin.

Example: ‘Then read he me how Sampson lost his hairs.’; ‘And draweth new delights with hoary hairs.’;

Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair for stuffing cushions.

A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.

An outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar).

A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.

A haircloth.

Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.

dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head); helps prevent heat loss;

Example: ‘he combed his hair’;

a very small distance or space;

Example: ‘they escaped by a hair's-breadth’; ‘they lost the election by a whisker’;

filamentous hairlike growth on a plant;

Example: ‘peach fuzz’;

any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal;

Example: ‘there is a hair in my soup’;

cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments

a filamentous projection or process on an organism

any of the fine threadlike strands growing from the skin of humans, mammals, and some other animals

Example: ‘thick black hairs on his huge arms’; ‘coarse outer hairs overlie the thick underfur’;

a fine threadlike strand growing from the epidermis of a plant, or forming part of a living cell

Example: ‘it damages the cilia, tiny hairs that clear invading bacteria from the lung’; ‘scalloped leaves edged with silver hairs’;

hairs collectively, especially those growing on a person's head

Example: ‘her shoulder-length fair hair’;

a very small quantity or extent

Example: ‘his magic takes him a hair above the competition’;

Hair is a protein filament that grows from follicles found in the dermis. Hair is one of the defining characteristics of mammals.

Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.

Anything inconsequential or superficial.

Example: ‘That article was basically a bunch of fluff. It didn't say anything substantive.’;

(informal) A lapse or mistake, especially a mistake in an actor's lines.

(New England) Marshmallow creme.

Example: ‘That New England-style salami and fluff sandwich sure hit the spot!’;

(LGBT) A passive partner in a lesbian relationship.

A fart.

(transitive) To make something fluffy.

Example: ‘The cat fluffed its tail.’;

(intransitive) To become fluffy, puff up.

(intransitive) To move lightly like fluff.

To make a mistake in one's lines.

To do incorrectly, for example mishit, miskick, miscue etc.

To fart.

To arouse (a male pornographic actor) before filming.

Nap or down; flue[2]; soft, downy feathers.

Anything light and downy, whose volume consists mostly of air, such as cotton or down.

Something light and inconsequential; something not to be taken seriously; - used commonly of literary or dramatic productions, and sometimes of people.

A mistake, especially in the recitation of lines in a drama.

To make or become fluffy; to move lightly like fluff.

To make a mistake in the performance of; - used mostly of lines in a drama; as, he fluffed the last line of the act.

any light downy material

something of little value or significance

a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)

make a mess of, destroy or ruin;

Example: ‘I botched the dinner and we had to eat out’; ‘the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement’;

erect or fluff up;

Example: ‘the bird ruffled its feathers’;

ruffle (one's hair) by combing towards the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect