tufty /ˈtʌfti/adjective 5noun 1forms 3 adjective5 •Having the form of or resembling a tuft (“a bunch of grass, hair, etc., held together at the base”).There was a bed of nothing but mignonette and another of nothing but pansies—borders of double and single daisies and all kinds of little tufty plants she had never seen before. — 1918 •Covered in or having many tufts. •Growing in tufts.If you haue seene at foot of some braue hill, / Tvvo Springs arise, and delicately trill, / In gentle chidings through an humble dale, / (VVhere tufty Daizies nod at euery gale) […] — 1613 •(no longer used, rare) Covered with tufts (“small clumps of bushes or trees”). •(no longer used) Of a cow: seeking a bull to mate with. noun1 •(UK, informal) The tufted duck (Aythya fuligula). formstufties · tuftier · tuftiest
