fluffle

English

Noun

fluffle (plural fluffles)

  1. (informal) A group of rabbits.
    • 2017, D. Wallace Peach, Kari's Reckoning:
      Overhead, the late-day sky wore a ruby blush and puffy clouds scurried east like a fluffle of pink rabbits.
    • 2021, Scott R. Burson, All about the Bass:
      the 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 deck

Verb

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

  1. (transitive, informal) To fluff up.
    • 2013, Tony Beck, The Quest of Millie Blackbeard, page 69:
      Graham fluffled his fur and gave Baggly a weak smile. “We did need to be change'n ourselves aunty Baggly. We did be make'n ourselves to be smaller and more cuteful, and of course, we did be need'n to change our throats so that we could be learn'n to be speak'n with our mouths. []
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