plural fluffers
1
: someone or something that fluffs : someone or something that makes something fluffy
… old-fashioned wire feather pillow fluffers …—Amy Bentley
… why not consider a part-time job as a bather and fluffer to see if you like working with dogs.—Lisa Doll
2
: someone or something that prepares an audience for a performance, event, movie, etc.
… the "warm-up comedian," a sort of audience fluffer whose job is to ensure we're good and revved.—Ariel Teplitsky
This … sequence … captures the irreverent/profane/hyper-violent ethos of the entire movie. More than a prologue, it's a fluffer for what's to come.—Jim Keogh
3
: a person whose job is to sexually arouse a male actor in preparation for filming a pornographic video or movie
Fluffers … enable actors to maintain erections for their scenes.—Playboy
4
informal
: sycophant
He's none of the good or great things the slavering fluffers in his … staff make him out to be.—David Rothkopf
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“Fluffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fluffer. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.
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