"fluffle" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈflʌ.fəl/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Forms: fluffles [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌfəl Etymology: Coined as a ghost word on the Wikipedia article Rabbit on 30 July 2007. By surface analysis, fluff + -le. Etymology templates: {{lg|ghost word}} ghost word, {{surf|en|fluff|-le<id:diminutive>}} By surface analysis, fluff + -le Head templates: {{en-noun}} fluffle (plural fluffles)
  1. (informal, collective) A group of rabbits. Tags: collective, informal
    Sense id: en-fluffle-en-noun-vDBlM0XS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Wikimedia Disambiguation of Wikimedia: 0 0

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈflʌ.fəl/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Forms: fluffles [present, singular, third-person], fluffling [participle, present], fluffled [participle, past], fluffled [past]
Rhymes: -ʌfəl Etymology: Coined as a ghost word on the Wikipedia article Rabbit on 30 July 2007. By surface analysis, fluff + -le. Etymology templates: {{lg|ghost word}} ghost word, {{surf|en|fluff|-le<id:diminutive>}} By surface analysis, fluff + -le Head templates: {{en-verb}} fluffle (third-person singular simple present fluffles, present participle fluffling, simple past and past participle fluffled)
  1. (transitive, informal) To fluff up. Tags: informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-fluffle-en-verb-3TD3Ts3u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English ghost words, English terms suffixed with -le (diminutive), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of English ghost words: 19 81 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le (diminutive): 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Wikimedia Disambiguation of Wikimedia: 0 0

Inflected forms

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