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fluffle

Syllables: fluff·leUK/ˈflʌ.fəl/

fluffle noun: a group of rabbits.

Noun

fluffle (plural fluffles)

  1. (collective, informal) A group of rabbits.
    • Overhead, the late-day sky wore a ruby blush and puffy clouds scurried east like a fluffle of pink rabbits.2017, D. Wallace Peach, Kari's Reckoning, →ISBN, →OCLC
    • [T]he camera follows Tate leaping into the arms of Steve McQueen, then floating through a fluffle of bunnies before joining a gyrating throng of revelers on the grotto pool deck2021, Scott R. Burson, All about the Bass: Searching for Treble in the Midst of a Pounding Culture War, →ISBN, →OCLC

Verb

fluffle (third-person singular simple present fluffles, present participle fluffling, simple past and past participle fluffled)

  1. (informal, transitive) To fluff up.
    • Graham fluffled his fur and gave Baggly a weak smile.2013, Tony Beck, The Quest of Millie Blackbeard, page 69

Forms of fluffle

Noun
pluralfluffles
Verb
third-person singular presentfluffles
present participlefluffling
past participlefluffled
pastfluffled

Origin of fluffle

Coined as a ghost word on the Wikipedia article Rabbit on 30 July 2007. By surface analysis, fluff + -le.

Words that rhyme with fluffle

1 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about fluffle

What does fluffle mean?
Fluffle means a group of rabbits.
What part of speech is fluffle?
Fluffle can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce fluffle?
Fluffle is pronounced /ˈflʌ.fəl/ (UK).
What is the plural of fluffle?
The plural of fluffle is fluffles.

Words near fluffle in the dictionary

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

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