Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

floof

/fluːf/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English

Syllables: floof
IPA: /fluːf/

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make something fluffy; to fluff (up).

Humorous; Informal; Transitive verb

verb

To move in a floofy or fluffy manner.

Informal; Intransitive verb

intj

Used to indicate the (supposed) sound of moving air, as in an explosion, a puff of smoke, etc.

noun

A long-haired dog, cat, or similar furry pet animal.

Countable

noun

The fur of such an animal.

Uncountable

noun

Hair that looks fluffy, like fur from such an animal.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Then she floofs out her blonde curls artlessly and opens her mouth wide, checking her teeth for spinach."
"From a dim corner, Stella [a bird] stirred: a floofing of feathers, a dry click, click of talons across the perch."
"Josette is pegging out the laundry in her garden. […] She takes a pair of trousers and floofs them so that they uncrumple. A pair of frilly knickers fly out from the leg and I laugh."
"She'd floofed her hair back up with military-grade hairspray, and then was painting over her nail art with sparkly silver when Annie found her and dragged her back to the dance floor […]"
"She floofed down between Max and me on the Chickly Shabby sofa."
"Holly flung herself on an upholstered sofa, her cute retro dress floofing around her."

Etymology

Possibly a deliberate mispronunciation of fluff, a back-formation from floofy, or a blend of fluff + poof (compare the etymology of floofy).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /fluːf/
British English: /fluːf/

Usage

Inflected Forms

floofs (present, singular) floofing (participle, present) floofed (participle, past) floofed (past) floofs (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

floofy

Synonyms

floofer fluff

Rhymes With

proof roof smoke proof oof woof spoof hoof aloof goof poof doof reproof

Questions

How do you pronounce floof?: The recorded pronunciation is /fluːf/.
What does floof mean?: To make something fluffy; to fluff (up).
Where does floof come from?: Possibly a deliberate mispronunciation of fluff, a back-formation from floofy, or a blend of fluff + poof (compare the etymology of floofy).

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