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How to pronounce bouffant in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms puffy


a bouffant skirt.
Type Words
Type of coif, coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle

Examples of bouffant

bouffant
Pinch the hair at the back of the crown and push it upward to create a bouffant.
From the washingtonpost.com
Right behind him stood an elderly woman with a blue bouffant and reading glasses.
From the courier-journal.com
A few of the young women wear miniskirts, bouffant hairdos and unlikely eyelashes.
From the time.com
Short and pudgy at 5-foot-3, he wore platform shoes and sported a permed bouffant.
From the dailyherald.com
But he's not shown wearing just any woman's clothes or bouffant blonde hairdo.
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In the West he was mocked for his bouffant, hispudgy belly and his platform shoes.
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In the West he was mocked for his bouffant, his pudgy belly and his platform shoes.
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Before graduating to my blond and spiky look, there was the early Sixties bouffant.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
Blair flattened his haircut because a focus group of women said it was too bouffant.
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More examples
  • A woman's hairstyle in which the hair gives a puffy appearance
  • Being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing; "a bouffant skirt"
  • A bouffant is a type of hairstyle characterized by hair piled high on the head and hanging down on the sides. It was a mainstream hairstyle in the mid-to-late 18th century in western Europe. ...
  • Let Them Eat Cake is a British sitcom that aired on BBC One in 1999. Starring Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, it is one of the few programmes in which French and Saunders have appeared which they did not create themselves.
  • A popular hairstyle in the mid-to-late 16th century, nowadays common with poodles; Of hair or clothing, full-bodied or puffy; puffed out away from head or body
  • Big, voluminous hair, personified by Amy Winehouse.
  • Is a very, very full skirt, most often accompanied by a hoop slip
  • This is another term for Fully Combed
  • This full, layered veil sits just touching the shoulders. Today's bouffants are more understated and worn without a headpiece for a cleaner, more modern look.