plustern

Meaning

1. (reflexive, weak) to fluff up, puff up (principally of birds, but also cats etc.)
2. (figuratively, reflexive, weak) to prance, boast, behave showily

Concepts

fluff

Translations

pluizen

kabarmak

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpluːstɐn/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German: plûsteren

Cognate with Middle Dutch: plûusteren

In summary

Ca. 1600, from Middle Low German plûsteren, iterative of plûsen (“to pick, pluck”). The sense developed from the way that chickens and other poultry groom their plumage. Cognate with Middle Dutch plûusteren; compare also Modern Dutch pluizen. Further origin uncertain; possibly from Old French peluchier.