Verb: floof (third-person singular simple present floofs, present participle floofing, simple past and past participle floofed)
- (transitive, informal, often humorous) To make something fluffy, to fluff (up).
- (intransitive, informal) To move in a floofy or fluffy manner.
Interjection: floof
- Used to indicate the (supposed) sound of moving air, as in an explosion, a puff of smoke, etc.
Noun: floof (plural floofs)
- (Internet slang) A dog, cat, or similar furry pet animal...
Cryptic crosswords often use abbreviations to clue individual letters or short fragments of the overall solution. These include:
Any conventional abbreviations found in a standard dictionary, such as:
"current": AC (for "alternating current"); less commonly, DC (for "direct current"); or even I (the symbol used in physics and electronics)
Roman numerals: for example the word "six" in the clue might be used to indicate the letters VI
The name of a chemical element may be used to signify its symbol; e.g., W for tungsten
The days of the week; e.g., TH for Thursday
Country codes: "Switzerland" can...
