puffed

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʌft/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌft

Etymology 1

From puff +‎ -ed.

Verb

puffed

  1. simple past and past participle of puff

Adjective

puffed (comparative more puffed, superlative most puffed)

  1. Inflated or swollen.
  2. Gathered up into rounded ridges.
    The dress had puffed sleeves.
  3. (of cereals) Expanded by the use of steam.
  4. Consisting of a puff; exhaled or produced in puffs.
    the puffed smoke of a cigar
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Shortened from puffed out.

Adjective

puffed (comparative more puffed, superlative most puffed)

  1. (colloquial) Synonym of puffed out (“panting from exercise”).

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