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fluff one's feathers

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English

Syllables
fluff one's feath-ers
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To show off.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

fluffs one's feathers (present, singular) fluffing one's feathers (participle, present) fluffed one's feathers (participle, past) fluffed one's feathers (past)

Synonyms

cut a wide swath strut one's stuff preen swagger aura farm boulevardier cut it fat cut round exhibitionize figure away flamboast flaunt

Questions

What does fluff one's feathers mean?
To show off.

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