puffy
adjectiveattested in dialogue
- //ˈpʌfi//
Swollen or inflated in shape, as if filled with air; pillow-like.
adjective
- 1
Swollen or inflated in shape, as if filled with air; pillow-like.
- 2
Coming or exhaling in puffs.
puffy breath
A puffy fat man in a tracksuit came jogging around the corner.
- 3
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.
- 4
Having inflated cheeks.
Etymology
From puff + -y.
Forms
- comparative
- puffier
- superlative
- puffiest
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