fluffle

noun, verb — 2 senses

fluffle

noun

US, UK /ˈflʌ.fəl/

Etymology Coined as a ghost word on the Wikipedia article Rabbit on 30 July 2007. By surface analysis, fluff + -le.

1

Collective, Informal A group of rabbits.

  • Overhead, the late-day sky wore a ruby blush and puffy clouds scurried east like a fluffle of pink rabbits.2017, D. Wallace Peach, Kari's Reckoning, →ISBN, →OCLC:
  • [T]he 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 deck2021, Scott R. Burson, All about the Bass: Searching for Treble in the Midst of a Pounding Culture War, →ISBN, →OCLC:
1 more example
  • Judy (Ginnifer Goodwin): [sobbing; to Nick] I should never have left you. And I do need a herd of therapy animals, and I should have told you that you're the only partner I would ever want because… you're my fluffle.2025, Jared Bush, directed by Jared Bush and Byron Howard, Zootopia 2 (film), spoken by Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde (Ginnifer Goodwin and Jason Bateman), United States: Walt Disney Studios:

fluffle

verb

Etymology Coined as a ghost word on the Wikipedia article Rabbit on 30 July 2007. By surface analysis, fluff + -le.

1

Informal To fluff up.

  • Graham fluffled his fur and gave Baggly a weak smile.2013, Tony Beck, The Quest of Millie Blackbeard, page 69:

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