fluffle
English
editEtymology
editAdded to the Wikipedia article Rabbit on 30 July 2007.[1]
Noun
editfluffle (plural fluffles)
- (informal, collective) 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
editfluffle (third-person singular simple present fluffles, present participle fluffling, simple past and past participle fluffled)
- (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.