Stuffy vs Stuffie - What's the difference?
stuffy | stuffie |
Poorly ventilated; partially plugged.
Stout; mettlesome; resolute.
Angry and obstinate; sulky.
Boring, uninteresting, over-formal, pompous, very conventional.
(US, Canada, colloquial, often, childish) A stuffed animal or other plush toy.
(New England) Stuffed clams, typically quahog.
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=November 2, author=Caitlin ONeil, title=New England Style, Little Known and Liking It, work=New York Times
, passage=From its perch overlooking Nanaquaket Pond, Evelyns serves fresh and fried seafood, stuffies (Rhode Island-speak for stuffed quahogs) and lobster chow mein to diners, either in the clamshell-crunchy parking lot or in the no-frills dining room. }}
As nouns the difference between stuffy and stuffie
is that stuffy is a stuffed animal or other plush toy while stuffie is stuffed clams, typically quahog.As an adjective stuffy
is poorly ventilated; partially plugged.stuffy
English
Adjective
(er)- I can't smell very well today – I have a stuffy nose.
- Let's go outside – it's getting stuffy in here.
- The stuffy professor droned on as the class lost interest.
Noun
(stuffies)Derived terms
* stuffily * stuffinessstuffie
English
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