"puffy" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈpʌfi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-puffy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: puffier [comparative], puffiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌfi Etymology: From puff + -y. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|puff|-y|text=+|tree=1}} From puff + -y. Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} puffy (comparative puffier, superlative puffiest)
  1. Swollen or inflated in shape, as if filled with air; pillow-like.
    Sense id: en-puffy-en-adj-HbBb71NJ Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 17 17 34 33
  2. Coming or exhaling in puffs.
    Sense id: en-puffy-en-adj-l5fi7pQA Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 17 17 34 33
  3. Speaking or writing in an exaggeratedly eloquent and self-important manner. Translations (exaggeratedly eloquent speaking or writing): надут (nadut) (Bulgarian), високопарен (visokoparen) (Bulgarian), boursouflé (French), високо́парен (visokóparen) (Macedonian), напы́щенный (napýščennyj) (Russian), expresivo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-puffy-en-adj-ObXwmnWk Categories (other): English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 7 22 52 19 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 7 19 57 17 Disambiguation of English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 8 20 51 20 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 6 17 59 18 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 6 19 58 17 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 27 57 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 17 17 34 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 18 62 15 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 5 23 56 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 14 73 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 29 61 8 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 4 18 64 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 11 22 46 20 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 9 21 49 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 15 17 50 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 11 22 47 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 15 22 40 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 22 52 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 7 20 56 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 11 22 47 20 Disambiguation of 'exaggeratedly eloquent speaking or writing': 3 5 87 5
  4. Having inflated cheeks. Translations (inflated): bouffi (French), enflé (French), rebondi (French), táskás (Hungarian), شیش (şiş) (Ottoman Turkish), inflado (Spanish), sưng vù (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-puffy-en-adj-yLC59DDu Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 17 17 34 33 Disambiguation of 'inflated': 42 2 3 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: foofy, huffy-puffy, poofy, puffily, puffiness, puffy sticks, unpuffy

Inflected forms

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