fluff up

• Verbe à particule signifiant rendre quelque chose plus moelleux, doux ou impressionnant, souvent en le secouant ou en le tapotant.

A phrasal verb meaning to make something appear fuller, softer, or more impressive, often by shaking or patting.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Make something soft and puffyinformal

   To shake or pat something, such as a pillow or cushion, to make it appear fuller and softer.

   Gonfler en secouant

   • She fluffed up the pillows before the guests arrived.
   • He fluffed up his hair with his fingers.
   • The cat fluffed up its fur when it saw the dog.

   Synonymesplump uppuff up

   Antonymescompactcompressflattenpackpresssmoothsquash

2. Exaggerate or embellishinformal

   To add unnecessary details or exaggerate something, often to make it seem more impressive.

   Enjoliver

   • The speaker fluffed up his resume with minor achievements.
   • She tends to fluff up her stories to make them more interesting.
   • Don't fluff up the report; just give the facts.

   Synonymesdress upelaborateembellishembroiderexaggerateinflateoverstate

   Antonymesdownplayunderstate

Verbe de basefluff