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🔈 A soft sound 🪶 To fall softly 🛏️ To fluff up 🧶 A soft mass
to pluff

to pluff

9.9
To fall with a quiet sound onto a soft surface
  • verb
  • /plʌf/
translation icon : caer con un suave plof
  • Snowflakes pluff to the ground, barely making a sound in the quiet night.

Examples

  • A handful of feathers pluffed down from the pillow as it tore open.

  • The feather pluffed softly onto the bed.

  • The old book slipped from the shelf and pluffed onto the carpet below.

  • Did you hear the pillow pluff as it fell?

  • The old book slipped from the shelf and pluffed onto the carpet below.

  • A handful of feathers pluffed down from the pillow as it tore open.

  • The feather pluffed softly onto the bed.

Synonyms

to plap
vsto pluff
9.9

To make a light smacking or soft splashing sound

falls or drops gently and makes a soft muffled sound without being struck

Antonyms

to crash
71 2.4

To make a sudden loud noise by hitting or falling

How Gentle

to settle
540 2.8
to pluff
9.9
plop
4.2
to drop
∞ 1.0
to fall
∞ 1.0
to crash
481 2.2

Surface Forms

pluff infinitive
pluffed past
pluffed past participle
pluffing present participle
pluffs third person singular

Etymology

Pluff as a verb comes from the same soft-sound idea; to pluff is to fall or drop with a soft, muffled noise, like a small book slipping onto a carpet.