Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fluffle

/ˈflʌ.fəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fluff-le
IPA: /ˈflʌ.fəl/

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A group of rabbits.

Informal

verb

Informal; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Overhead, the late-day sky wore a ruby blush and puffy clouds scurried east like a fluffle of pink rabbits."
"[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 deck"
"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."
"Graham fluffled his fur and gave Baggly a weak smile."

Etymology

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

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈflʌ.fəl/
British English: /ˈflʌ.fəl/

Usage

Inflected Forms

fluffles (plural) fluffles (present, singular) fluffling (participle, present) fluffled (participle, past) fluffled (past)

Rhymes With

shuffle truffle reshuffle scuffle ruffle duffel kerfuffle muffle snuffle buffle scruffle whuffle

Questions

How do you pronounce fluffle?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈflʌ.fəl/.
What does fluffle mean?: A group of rabbits.
Where does fluffle come from?: Coined as a ghost word on the Wikipedia article Rabbit on 30 July 2007. By surface analysis, fluff + -le.

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