fuffle

verb

fuf·​fle

ˈfəfəl

-ed/-ing/-s

intransitive verb

Scottish : to become disheveled or mussed up

transitive verb

Scottish : disarray, muss

Word History

Etymology

perhaps frequentative of fuff entry 1

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