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fluffing out

fluffing out is the present participle and gerund of fluff out.

Meaning of fluff out

Verb

fluff out (third-person singular simple present fluffs out, present participle fluffing out, simple past and past participle fluffed out)

  1. (transitive) To plump up
  2. (intransitive) to be fluffy
    • Her thick hair, cut short, fluffed out all around her head in a bushy wave that seemed to be of brilliant spun gold1923, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “Chapter 8”, in Emily of New Moon

Questions about fluffing out

What is fluffing out the present participle and gerund of?
Fluffing out is the present participle and gerund of fluff out.

Words near fluffing out in the dictionary

  1. fluffing
  2. fluffing about
  3. fluffing off
  4. fluffing one's feathers
  5. fluffing one's lines
  6. fluffing out
  7. fluffing up
  8. fluffings
  9. fluffle
  10. fluffled
  11. fluffles

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