Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Swollen, as with air or some soft substance; puffed up; tumid; soft: as, a puffy tumor.
- Tumid; turgid; bombastic: as, a puffy style.
- Coming in puffs; characterized by puffs; gusty.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Swelled with air, or any soft matter; tumid with a soft substance; bloated; fleshy.
- adjective Hence, inflated; bombastic.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
puffs orpuffiness ; being pillow-like, exhibiting swelling, inflated - adjective Speaking or writing in an exaggeratedly
eloquent andself-important manner
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas
- adjective blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts
- adjective being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing
Etymologies
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Examples
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I received one from the Bienias clan, my great aunt and uncle, from my old employer the RRRC, from my Grandmother Nedrebo's prayer group, my girlfriend and her roommate, my girlfriends family, and four of my guy friends in puffy vests.
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I received one from the Bienias clan, my great aunt and uncle, from my old employer the RRRC, from my Grandmother Nedrebo's prayer group, my girlfriend and her roommate, my girlfriends family, and four of my guy friends in puffy vests.
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I gotta admit, “Southside” invokes a mental picture of check cashing services, bail bond brokers, dollar stores, and sullen teenagers in puffy jackets.
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It's near the end of the episode, the premise for which is that Shales writes a snippy pan of Sanders's show -- calling him "needy" and "puffy" - faced -- because Larry had never invited him to be a guest on the show.
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Kristina - if you wore your squeegie, or whatever that thing is called puffy? cushy? to an NKOTB concert, that would be AWESOME
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These three faces, framed by the window, recalled the puffy cherubs floating among the clouds that surround
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These three faces, framed by the window, recalled the puffy cherubs floating among the clouds that surround
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The gnocchi are famous and referred to as puffy little clouds that you can enjoy with one of four sauces, the tomato sauce which is the most popular and often referred to as "red sauce," pesto, truffle and cream sauce, or my preference, butter and sage, which allows the flavor of these delightful gnocchi to shine through.
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These three faces, framed by the window, recalled the puffy cherubs floating among the clouds that surround God the Father.
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After all, his pleasantry consists chiefly in new-coined puffy language.
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