Puffy - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈpʌfɪ|
Brit.
|ˈpʌfɪ|
adjective
- being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing (syn: bouffant)
- abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas (syn: tumid, turgid)
- abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas (syn: tumid, turgid)
eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids
puffy tumid flesh
- blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts (syn: gusty)puffy tumid flesh
puffy off-shore winds
Extra examples
She sat on the porch puffing on a cigarette.
The chimney puffed white smoke into the sky.
We watched the train puff away on its journey west.
He was puffing and panting from running.
The bikers puffed up the hill.
He let me have a puff off his pipe.
She took two puffs on her inhaler before going for a run.
Her eyes were puffy from crying.
...cocooned in puffy down parkas, we braved the bitter cold as best we could...
He was a short man with heavy shoulders, a slight potbelly, puffy blue eyes, and a pugnacious expression.
Word forms
adjective
comparative: puffier
superlative: puffiest
comparative: puffier
superlative: puffiest
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