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fluffed one's feathers

fluffed one's feathers is the simple past and past participle of fluff one's feathers.

Meaning of fluff one's feathers

Verb

fluff one's feathers (third-person singular simple present fluffs one's feathers, present participle fluffing one's feathers, simple past and past participle fluffed one's feathers)

  1. To show off.
    • He knew, though, that the man wasn't thinking of violence. Instead, he was fluffing his feathers for Thessa and doing a little blustering dance.2014, Liz Tyner, A Captain and a Rogue, page 72

Questions about fluffed one's feathers

What is fluffed one's feathers the simple past and past participle of?
Fluffed one's feathers is the simple past and past participle of fluff one's feathers.

Words near fluffed one's feathers in the dictionary

  1. fluffbutt
  2. fluffbutts
  3. fluffed
  4. fluffed about
  5. fluffed off
  6. fluffed one's feathers
  7. fluffed one's lines
  8. fluffed out
  9. fluffed up
  10. fluffer
  11. flufferies

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