puffy en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈpʌfi/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From puff + -y.
Meanings
- Swollen or inflated in shape, as if filled with air; pillow-like.
-
Coming or exhaling in puffs.
A puffy fat man in a tracksuit came jogging around the corner.
puffy breath
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Speaking or writing in an exaggeratedly eloquent and self-important manner.
There has been much puffy stuff written about whether Lyell's uniformitarianism permitted variations in intensity of causes, or whether he applied his logic in a consistent way, and whether he assumed indefinite stretches of geological time.
2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 20:
- Having inflated cheeks.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| puffiest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| puffier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
puffiness · unpuffy · huffy-puffy · poofy · puffily · foofy · puffy sticks
Translations (13)
vi sưng vù (inflated) · fr enflé (inflated) · hu táskás (inflated) · es inflado (inflated) · fr bouffi (inflated) · fr boursouflé (exaggeratedly eloquent speaking or writing) · es expresivo (exaggeratedly eloquent speaking or writing) · bg надут (exaggeratedly eloquent speaking or writing) · ota شیش (inflated) · bg високопарен (exaggeratedly eloquent speaking or writing) · ru напы́щенный (exaggeratedly eloquent speaking or writing) · fr rebondi (inflated) · mk високо́парен (exaggeratedly eloquent speaking or writing)