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

Whit’s Frozen Custard is known for its flavor of the day calendar, with rich custards running the decadent range from fluffer nutter cookie, carrot cake, and mint cookies ‘n cream to Biscoff cookie butter and banana nut bread. — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 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