fluff one's feathers

English

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.
   • 2014, Liz Tyner, A Captain and a Rogue, page 72:

     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.