puffer

[puhf-er]

noun

1. a person or thing that puffs.

2. Also called blowfish, globefish. any of various fishes of the family Tetraodontidae, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, the spines in the skin becoming erected: several species contain the potent nerve poison tetrodotoxin.

3. a warm and lightweight jacket, coat, or vest with sections separated by quilted stitching and filled with down or synthetic fibers.

puffer

/ ˈpʌfə /

noun

1. a person or thing that puffs

2. Also called: globefish. any marine plectognath fish of the family Tetraodontidae, having an elongated spiny body that can be inflated to form a globe

Word History and Origins

Origin of puffer¹

First recorded in 1620–30; puff + -er ¹

Example Sentences

She was last seen wearing a green puffer jacket and burgundy trousers and was carrying a black leather handbag.

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She looks like an ordinary teenager, in joggers, worn trainers and a big puffer jacket, clutching her mobile phone and vape.

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Here, a day after reportedly suffering from a cold in Chula Vista, Nelson kept warm in a stylish black puffer jacket to go with his signature red bandanna.

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Del Toro, casually dressed in a puffer jacket and a cap, says with a puzzled expression conveying his genuine shock at a Beverly Hills hotel.

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Here and there, a brilliant burst of color against the darkened sky: a fuschia headscarf, a rainbow-striped puffer coat.

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