any light downy material

something of little value or significance

[ Syn: bagatelle , frippery , frivolity ]

a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)

make a mess of, destroy or ruin; I botched the dinner and we had to eat out; the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement

[ Syn: botch , bodge , bumble , fumble , botch up , muff , blow , flub , screw up , ball up , spoil , muck up , bungle , bollix , bollix up , bollocks , bollocks up , bobble , mishandle , louse up , foul up , mess up , fuck up ]

erect or fluff up; the bird ruffled its feathers

[ Syn: ruffle ]

ruffle (ones hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect

[ Syn: tease ]