Definition of bouffy in English:
bouffy
(Australian boofy)
adjectivebouffier, bouffiest ˈbuːfi
informal 1(of a person’s hair) standing out from the head in a rounded shape.
a middle-aged woman with a slightly bouffy bob
nowadays teenage surfer boys are all sporting boofy hair-dos
Example sentencesExamples
- Back to my hair though: topping off the vertical sides are some bouffy, slightly blonder curls which give an extra three inches to my height.
- I pricked my ears and overheard the woman with the boofy hair talking.
- He is her dream tenant: clean nails, bouffy hair, embracer of laws of all kinds.
- He's wearing a polyester tracksuit top and has some whack bouffy hair.
- I was next to a mum with boofy hair.
- Stripped of the bouffy hair and sequins, she's witty and, for an entertainment property, opinionated.
- Police are seeking a male with "bouffy" hair aged 17 to 20 years old, of medium build.
- Now I'm no scientist, although I certainly look like one with my bouffy Einstein hair.
- Neil was youthful as ever, sporting a dodgy vest and bouffy hairdo that harked back to the early Crowdies days.
- Still, it was a delicious meal, sitting there in the drizzle with really boofy hair, not quite believing we were up so high on the globe.
- This theory is proven by his bouffy fringe, teased to maximum volume, and the blond streaks he's put in.
- Is it "big hair", as in big boofy hairdo?
- Unremarkably, as a small child my mother's haircut-de-jour for my boofy quiff was the flat top.
- I asked for a short sharp bob and ended up looking like a caricature of an anime doll with a boofy 50's bob.
- They're the little plastic figurines where the hair is removable and strangely boofy.
2(of clothing) puffed out.
she wore big boofy skirts and big hair and big accessories
Example sentencesExamples
- Bear in mind that I need a theme that allows me to dress in a big bouffy dress.
- Avoid bouffy 1950s prom dresses, 1940s tea dresses and fussy details such as ruffles.
- The dresses were big bouffy tulle shapes, like huge belted tea-roses.
- When I was in my twenties, I imagined having the whole fairytale church wedding with a huge boofy dress.
- Sandy wore a pink bouffy Galliano that seemed to say "Take that!" to her estranged husband.
Origin
1960s: from bouffant + -y1.