fluff one's feathers

English

Verb

fluff one's feathers (third-person singular simple present fluffs one's feathers, present participle fluffing one's feathers, simple past and past participle fluffed one's feathers)

  1. To show off.
    • 2014, Liz Tyner, A Captain and a Rogue, page 72:
      He knew, though, that the man wasn't thinking of violence. Instead, he was fluffing his feathers for Thessa and doing a little blustering dance.
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