"puffy" meaning in English

See puffy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈpʌfi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-puffy.wav 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), شیش (şiş) (Ottoman Turkish), inflado (Spanish), sưng vù (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-puffy-en-adj-HbBb71NJ Disambiguation of 'inflated': 83 5 13
  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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, 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 with incorrect language header: 8 30 62 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 9 28 63 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 24 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 18 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 31 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 9 27 63 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 9 28 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 23 20 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 9 27 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 16 26 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 7 29 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 7 27 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 9 27 64 Disambiguation of 'exaggeratedly eloquent speaking or writing': 6 8 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: foofy, huffy-puffy, poofy, puffily, puffiness, puffy sticks

Inflected forms

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