Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fluff one's lines

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English

Syllables: fluff one's -lines
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: To stumble over or otherwise misspeak one's lines.

verb

To make a mistake.

Example Sentences

"Conway headed a Nugent effort off the line and substitute Aron Gunnarsson fluffed his lines when presented with a great chance late on."
"It could've been even worse too had Giroud not fluffed his lines twice in as many minutes."
"Having already fluffed his lines under the bomb that had led to Montgomery's try, Jenkins was found wanting again less than a minute after the restart."

Inflected Forms

fluffs one's lines (present, singular) fluffing one's lines (participle, present) fluffed one's lines (participle, past) fluffed one's lines (past)

Questions

What does fluff one's lines mean?: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: To stumble over or otherwise misspeak one's lines.

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