chuffy I. \ˈchəfē, -u̇fē, -fi\adjective (-er/-est) Etymology: perhaps from chuff (III) + -y 1.now dialect, of a person: short and stout : fat, chubby 2.of swine: short-coupled and fat < a new boar … with heftier ham, but not so chuffy — Breeder's Gazette > — opposed to rangy II. adjective (-er/-est) Etymology:chuff (I) + -y now dialect England: chuff, surly