puffy

adjective

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Pronunciation: /ˈpʌfi/

Etymology: Etymology tree English puff English -y English puffy From puff + -y.

Swollen or inflated in shape, as if filled with air; pillow-like.
Coming or exhaling in puffs.
“puffy breath”
“A puffy fat man in a tracksuit came jogging around the corner.”
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.”
Having inflated cheeks.