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pouffy

pouffy is the alternative spelling of poufy.

Meaning of poufy

Adjective

poufy (comparative poufier, superlative poufiest)

  1. (hair styles) Bouffant.
    • I like it when my hair is poufy
      I like it when you slip me a roofy2001, “Who's Got the Crack?”, performed by The Moldy Peaches
  2. Decorated with fabric, feathers or other material to create an impression of transparent volume and movement.
    • (No ’80s gowns with poufy sleeves or out-of-style silhouettes.) “2009 February 1, Bethany Kandel, “With This Dress I Thee Wed and Wed and Wed”, in New York Times
  3. Effeminate.

Forms of pouffy

comparativepouffier
superlativepouffiest

Words formed from pouffy

Questions about pouffy

What is pouffy the alternative spelling of?
Pouffy is the alternative spelling of poufy.

Words near pouffy in the dictionary

  1. pouffier
  2. pouffiest
  3. pouffiness
  4. pouffing
  5. pouffs
  6. pouffy
  7. poufier
  8. poufiest
  9. poufiness
  10. poufing
  11. poufs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pouffy (page history and authors); poufy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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