Definition of "frou-frou" in English

noun

1. (onomatopoeia) A rustling sound, particularly the rustling of a large silk dress.

adjective

1. Liable to create the sound of rustling cloth, similar to 19th-century dresses.

2. Highly ornamented, overly elaborate; excessively girly.

   • They ate in a frou-frou restaurant at the top of a skyscraper.

3. (derogatory) Unimportant, silly, useless.

   • Bob was off faffing about doing frou-frou nonsense whilst Edwina kept her nose to the grindstone.

verb

1. (uncommon, intransitive) To move with the sound of rustling dresses.