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fluffs one's feathers

fluffs one's feathers is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 fluffs one's feathers

What is fluffs one's feathers the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Fluffs one's feathers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fluff one's feathers.

Words near fluffs one's feathers in the dictionary

  1. fluffling
  2. fluffment
  3. fluffs
  4. fluffs about
  5. fluffs off
  6. fluffs one's feathers
  7. fluffs one's lines
  8. fluffs out
  9. fluffs up
  10. fluffshot
  11. fluffshots

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