fluffle

English

Etymology

Added to the Wikipedia article Rabbit on 30 July 2007.

Noun

fluffle (plural fluffles)

1. (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

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.