floof

To make something fluffy; to fluff (up).

Then she floofs out her blonde curls artlessly and opens her mouth wide, checking her teeth for spinach.

From a dim corner, Stella [a bird] stirred: a floofing of feathers, a dry click, click of talons across the perch.

To move in a floofy or fluffy manner.

She floofed down between Max and me on the Chickly Shabby sofa.

Holly flung herself on an upholstered sofa, her cute retro dress floofing around her.

Used to indicate the (supposed) sound of moving air, as in an explosion, a puff of smoke, etc.

As I [the universe] was saying, I had no idea what to expect before the beginning, so to speak. Perhaps it really went floof, woosh, bang. Or bang, woosh, floof. Or even woosh, floof, bang. You know how permutations go.

floof [MAD #181, March 1976] A word indicating a puff of smoke has appeared, as in a smoke signal: also FLOOF [MAD #181, March 1976] The imaginary sound of a single puff of smoke created with a blanket

A long-haired dog, cat, or similar furry pet animal.

The fur of such an animal.

Hair that looks fluffy, like fur from such an animal.