puffy

puff

P0649600 (pŭf)n.1. a. A short forceful exhalation of breath.b. A short sudden gust of wind.c. A brief sudden emission of air, vapor, or smoke.d. A short sibilant sound produced by a puff.2. An amount of vapor, smoke, or similar material released in a puff.3. An act of drawing in and expelling the breath, as in smoking tobacco.4. A swelling or rounded protuberance.5. Puff pastry.6. A light soft pad for applying powder or lotion.7. A gathered, protruding portion of fabric.8. A light padded bed covering.9. a. An approving or flattering recommendation.b. A piece of writing, as on the jacket of a book, containing often exaggerated praise, used for promotional purposes.10. Genetics A localized region of swelling in certain chromosomes indicating the active synthesis of RNA.v. puffed, puff·ing, puffs v.intr.1. To blow in puffs.2. To come forth in puffs: steam puffing from an engine.3. To breathe forcefully and rapidly: huffed and puffed up the stairs.4. To emit puffs.5. To take puffs on smoking material: puffing on a cigar.6. To swell or seem to swell, as with pride or air. Often used with up: He puffed up and glared at the importuning questioner.v.tr.1. To emit or give forth in puffs.2. To impel with puffs.3. To smoke (a cigar, for example).4. To inflate or distend: The wind puffed out the sail.5. To fill with pride or conceit: The compliment puffed up his ego.6. To publicize with often exaggerated praise: publishers who puff their new books.

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[From Middle English puffen, to puff, from Old English pyffan, perhaps of imitative origin.]

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puff′i·ly adv.puff′i·ness n.puff′y adj.

puffy

(ˈpʌfɪ) adj, puffier or puffiest1. short of breath2. swollen or bloated: a puffy face. 3. pompous or conceited4. blowing in gusts ˈpuffily adv ˈpuffiness n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	puffy - being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing; "a bouffant skirt"bouffantbig, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"
	2.	puffy - 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"intumescent, tumescent, tumid, turgidunhealthy - not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers"
	3.	puffy - blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts; "puffy off-shore winds"; "gusty winds "gustystormy - (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion; "a stormy day"; "wide and stormy seas"

puffy

adjective swollen, enlarged, inflated, inflamed, bloated, puffed up, distended Her cheeks were puffy with crying.

puffy

adjectiveCharacterized by an exaggerated show of dignity or self-importance:grandiose, hoity-toity, pompous, pretentious, puffed-up, self-important.Informal: highfalutin.

Translations

肿大的虚胖的

puff

(paf) noun1. a small blast of air, wind etc; a gust. A puff of wind moved the branches. (一)噴，(一)吹，一陣(風)，一股(氣味、煙霧等) （一）喷，（一）吹，一阵（风），一股（气味、烟雾等） 2. any of various kinds of soft, round, light or hollow objects. a powder puff; (also adjective) puff sleeves. 蓬鬆的一團，衣服的蓬鬆部分，粉撲 蓬松的一团，衣服的蓬松部分，粉扑 verb1. to blow in small blasts. Stop puffing cigarette smoke into my face!; He puffed at his pipe. 一陣陣地吹 一阵阵地吹2. to breathe quickly, after running etc. He was puffing as he climbed the stairs. 喘氣 喘气puffed adjective short of breath; breathing quickly. I'm puffed after running so fast! 喘氣的 喘气的ˈpuffy adjective swollen, especially unhealthily. a puffy face/ankle. 腫大的，虛胖的 肿大的，虚胖的 puff pastry a light, flaky type of pastry. (一種)千層餅 （一种）千层饼 puff out to cause to swell or expand. The bird puffed out its feathers; He puffed out his cheeks. 使充氣，鼓起 使充气，鼓起 puff up to swell. Her eye (was all) puffed up after the wasp stung her. 腫脹 肿胀