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fluffy¹

  • /ˈflʌfi/

Rhymes with -ʌfi

Where it comes from

From fluff + -y. Compare German flauschig (“fluffy”).

adjective fluffier · fluffiest

  1. Covered with fluff. Fluffy bunny rabbits are really nice to stroke.
  2. Light; soft; airy. I like my scrambled eggs to be light and fluffy in texture.
  3. colloquial Warm and comforting. Being in love with my boyfriend gives me a fluffy feeling inside.
  4. colloquial Not clearly defined or explained; fuzzy. Someone sold you the fluffy idea that brains triumphs^([sic]) over strength when you were picked last for the sports team.
  5. Lightweight; superficial; lacking depth or seriousness. And she is represented reading with great concentration, and not some fluffy novel but the rather politically oriented and literary Le Figaro, its title prominent if upside down in the foreground.

Similar: puffy, bushy, fuzzy

noun fluffies

  1. informal Someone or something that has a fluffy texture. Children can pamper the fluffies in the pets' corner […]
  2. derogatory, informal A person who is superficial, who lacks depth or seriousness. The world is overrun with fluffies. There was, I think, always a fluffy element to the neo-Pagan movement, but since the Internet explosion of the mid-to-late 1990s, it's got much, much worse. Most of it can be blamed on commercial drivers, as the publishers who produced neo-Pagan material (and the
  3. New Zealand A babycino (frothy milk drink).

Fluffy²

  • /flʌfi/

Rhymes with -ʌfi

Where it comes from

From fluffy.

proper noun

  1. A given name for a pet with fluffy hair, often a cat. Joey: That is not a cat. Rachel: Yes, it is. Ross: Why is it inside out? Rachel: Excuse me, but this is a purebred, show-quality Sphinx cat. […] I’m going to go set up a little litter box for Mrs. Whiskerson. [Ross looks at her] Well, what am I going to call her—Fluffy?

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: downlike, downy, soft, flossy, stuffed, lint, cuddly, doggie, doggy, lapdog, pooch, doll, puppy, sweet, pup, great

adjective

Similar: puffy, bushy, fuzzy

Translations

Every language

adj covered with fluff

日本語ふかふかした fukafuka shita, ふわふわした fuwafuwa shita
中文蓬鬆 /蓬松 péngsōng, 毛茸茸 máoróngróng
हिन्दीगुदगुदा gudgudā
Portuguêsfofo, fofa, felpudo
Françaispelucheux, touffu
Deutschflauschig
Русскийпуши́стый pušístyj, ворси́стый vorsístyj

adj light; soft; airy

Españolmullido
日本語ふかふかした fukafuka shita
中文蓬鬆 /蓬松 péngsōng
हिन्दीगुदगुदा gudgudā
Portuguêsmacio
Françaispelucheux
Deutschluftig, fluffig
Русскийпуши́стый pušístyj

adj warm and comforting

日本語ほっこり hokkori
中文溫暖 /温暖 wēnnuǎn
Deutschflauschig

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@misc{fluffy_2026,
  title = {fluffy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fluffy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}