fluffer

noun

fluff·​er ˈflə-fər 

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

Examples of fluffer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For stomach sleepers or devoted pillow fluffers, consider that high praise. — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 13 Aug. 2026

A couple of months before Biden began dumping more Haitians into Logan, Healey and her plus-sized lieutenant governor, Kim Driscoll, had assembled their Democrat fluffers in the media. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 28 Nov. 2025

Word History

Etymology

fluff entry 2 + -er entry 2

First Known Use

1913, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for fluffer

• buffer
• duffer
• kafir
• puffer
• rougher
• suffer
• tougher