Bouffant

Word BOUFFANT
Character 8
Hyphenation bouffant
Pronunciations /ˈbuːfɑ̃/

Definitions and meanings of "Bouffant"

What do we mean by bouffant?

Puffed-out; full. adjective

A full, puffed-out hairstyle. noun

Puffed out: as, a skirt very bouffant at the back.

Being puffed out; -- used mostly of hair style, and sometimes clothing; ; a bouffant skirt. adjective

Of hair or clothing, full-bodied or puffy; puffed out away from head or body. adjective

A popular hairstyle in the mid-to-late 16th century, nowadays common with poodles. noun

A woman's hairstyle in which the hair gives a puffy appearance noun

Being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing adjective

A popular hairstyle in the mid-to-late 16th century, nowadays common with poodles.

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The word "bouffant" in example sentences

Impulsive show in bouffant rouched outfit with super soft volume. ❋ Unknown (2009)

What is wrong with this man that he can't keep up with people like Ron Paul, who is a year older than him and light-years away from mainstream Republican philosophy, or Chris Dodd, who has yet to break 1 percent in any Democratic primary poll except in his own state of Connecticut, where the last public poll gave him 6 percent (for Dodd, I blame this on the bouffant, which is the wrong color and shape, although the texture is appropriately sticky -- a fly was recently trapped on its surface). ❋ Unknown (2008)

Karl Lagerfeld, whose muse for Chanel Couture must be equal parts geisha, schoolgirl and American housewife circa late '50s/early' 60s, placed sugary sweet bows in each girls 'bouffant' do. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Stiliagi, or “style hunters,” appeared on the streets of all the major cities in the Soviet bloc, wearing zoot suits and ducktails if they were male or tight dresses—“stretched tightly over their figures to the point of indecency,” according to one state-run Soviet newspaper—and bouffant hairdos if they were female. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

And in 1950 one East German culture official, Kurt Hager, saw the ultimate symbol of American conquest in the bouffant, “rockabilly” hairstyle of East German youth who emulated Hollywood movie stars: “The hair is styled in such a manner that it rises from the base of the neck like the mushroom cloud of an atomic bomb.” ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

A video image of applauding party officials captured the younger Kim briefly, revealing a close-cropped hair style different from the bouffant that his father wore before an illness two years ago. ❋ Evan Ramstad (2010)

GoAnimate lets users customize their characters with features like a pot belly, cat-eye glasses, a bouffant hairdo or gorilla hands. ❋ Ellen Gamerman (2011)

Her blonde hair was coiffed in a bouffant French twist. ❋ Eliot Nelson (2011)

The blue bouffant takes on a more "mature" hue — which may not be the best timing, because Homer has suddenly and unexpectedly become a chick magnet while acting as a despondent Moe's wingman. ❋ Unknown (2011)

If you look at his family background, his period as the Mick Jagger of the Tory Party, his pansexuality, those bee-swollen lips, the bouffant hair, and how he's done more to sexualise train travel than any man since the Reverend W. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Moris Moreno for The Wall Street Journal Blue Heaven | While known for its homemade meringue bouffant and graham crust, the slice's filling is exquisitely tart. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Even Kelly Osbourne, who clearly takes great care with her look of late, let go her bouffant in favor of a simple bun and glasses (and sweatpants?) for a recent dinner at Katsuya. ❋ Chloé Harris (2010)

Huw has a dark, military type bouffant, clearly going for the Cameron look, which won't go down well with the core Labour supporter methinks. ❋ Unknown (2009)

While known for its homemade meringue bouffant and graham crust, the slice's filling is exquisitely tart. ❋ Steve Garbarino (2011)

Cheryl's giant bouffant – acquired somewhere on the 42nd parallel during the flight over – now looks like a classic reverse Samson. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Yun teases an answer to that question, and it involves a bouffant that might be the most ominous image in the book. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Most of what Rosalie, and her stylist Manuel are known for, are the big bouffant and beehive wig styles from the 60s. ❋ Juanita MORE! (2012)

AFP/Getty Images Models wore gray bouffant hair dos -- signaling a notion of a middle-aged Jean Paul Gaultier woman. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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