[
US
/ˈpəfi/
]
[ UK /pˈʌfi/ ]
[ UK /pˈʌfi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts
puffy off-shore winds
gusty winds -
being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing
a bouffant skirt -
abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas
eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids
swollen hands
tumescent tissue
puffy tumid flesh
he had a grossly distended stomach
hungry children with bloated stomachs
How To Use puffy In A Sentence
- The sky began to clear and there were puffy white clouds forming as the evening faded away.
- Like all the meals, the jerk comes with red peas (kidney beans) and rice, as well as plantains that are puffy, soft, and sweet like caramel.
- These were beautiful altocumulus castellanus, and their puffy towers gave warning of a turbulent atmosphere. Times, Sunday Times
- She used no make-up on her puffy face. Somewhere East of Life
- It looked like a pat of butter caught in the midst of an ocean, with puffy marshmallows snuggling up.
- The stupor becomes rapidly more marked, the eyes become puffy and swollen with excessive lacrimation, so that the tears run from the internal canthus of the eye over the cheeks and may blister the skin in their course. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
- Both men saw the rabbit race from the branches with his little puffy tail ablaze.
- After a few rough starts, the label hits it big, bringing fame to Puffy and everyone he touches. Filmstalker: P. Diddy replacement required
- The lesson here is that long and low is always chic, and to avoid at all costs what I call 'furniture on steroids': American designs are generally so supersized and big and puffy. Silver-Screen Décor
- My arm muscles were cramped up and felt like they were made of lead, my eyes were swelling and my cheeks felt puffy and warm.