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Meaning of puffy in English
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Classifying Adjective
puffy
Definitions
1.
being puffed out
Examples
« used of hair style or clothing »
« a bouffant skirt »
Synonyms
large
big
2.
abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas
Examples
« 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
unhealthy
3.
breathing heavily
Synonyms
breathing
eupneic
eupnoeic