"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: {{suffix|en|puff|y}} 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. Translations (inflated): bouffi (French), enflé (French), rebondi (French), táskás (Hungarian), inflado (Spanish), sưng vù (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-puffy-en-adj-HbBb71NJ Disambiguation of 'inflated': 83 5 12
  2. Coming or exhaling in puffs.
    Sense id: en-puffy-en-adj-l5fi7pQA
  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), напыщенный (napyščennyj) (Russian), expresivo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-puffy-en-adj-ObXwmnWk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 31 61 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 10 29 61 Disambiguation of 'exaggeratedly eloquent speaking or writing': 7 6 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: foofy, huffy-puffy, poofy, puffily, puffiness, puffy sticks

Inflected forms

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