floof

verb /fluːf/

1. To make something fluffy; to fluff (up).

   informal, transitive

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

2. To move in a floofy or fluffy manner.

   informal, intransitive

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

Where it comes from

Possibly a deliberate mispronunciation of fluff, a back-formation from floofy, or a blend of fluff + poof (compare the etymology of floofy).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry floof (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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