puffy
adj/ˈpʌfi/
Etymology From puff + -y.
1
Swollen or inflated in shape, as if filled with air; pillow-like.
2
Coming or exhaling in puffs.
- puffy breath
- A puffy fat man in a tracksuit came jogging around the corner.
3
Speaking or writing in an exaggeratedly eloquent and self-important manner.
- There has been much puffy stuff written about whether Lyell's uniformitarianism permitted variations in intensity of causes, or whether he applied his logic in a consistent way, and whether he assumed indefinite stretches of geological time.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 20:
4
Having inflated cheeks.
- Derived terms
- foofy, huffy-puffy, poofy, puffily, puffiness, puffy sticks, unpuffy