| Pronunciation: | | 'pufee
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| Matching Terms: | | puff, puff adder, puff batter, puff of air, puff out, puff paste, puff up, puffball, puffbird, puffed, puffed rice, puffed wheat, puffer, puffery, puffin, puffiness, puffing, puffingly, puffinus, puffinus puffinus, puff-leg, puff-legged, pufft
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- [adj] breathing heavily
- [adj] abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh"
- [adj] being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing; "a bouffant skirt"
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| | Synonyms: | | big, bloated, bouffant, breathing, distended, eupneic, eupnoeic, huffing, large, puffed, puffing, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid, unhealthy |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Puff"y\, a.
1. Swelled with air, or any soft matter; tumid with a soft
substance; bloated; fleshy; as, a puffy tumor. `` A very
stout, puffy man.'' --Thackeray.
2. Hence, inflated; bombastic; as, a puffy style.
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