puffy meaning and definition

PUFFY adjective

Definition of puffy (adjective)

1. being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing
   • "a bouffant skirt"
   • synonyms: bouffant
2. 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"
   • synonyms: intumescent, tumescent, tumid, turgid
3. blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts
   • "puffy off-shore winds"; "gusty winds "
   • synonyms: gusty