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Adjective: puffy (puffier,puffiest)  pú-fee
  1. Being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing
    "a puffy skirt";
    - bouffant
     
  2. Abnormally expanded, esp. by fluids or gas
    "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "puffy tumid flesh";
    - intumescent, tumescent, tumid, turgid, distended, bloated, swollen
     
  3. Blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts
    "puffy off-shore winds";
    - gusty

Derived forms: puffier, puffiest

See also: big, large, procellous [archaic], stormy, unhealthy

Encyclopedia: Puffy, Charles