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 puff


Adjective
  • gathered for protruding fullness
    • puff sleeves

Noun
  • forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
    • he gave his nose a loud blow
    • he blew out all the candles with a single puff
  • a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
    • he took a puff on his pipe
    • he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly
  • thick cushion used as a seat
  • a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin
  • bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
  • exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
  • a light inflated pastry or puff shell
  • a short light gust of air

Verb
  • blow hard and loudly
    • he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain
  • to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
    • puffed out chests
  • speak in a blustering or scornful manner
    • A puffing kind of man
  • praise extravagantly
    • The critics puffed up this Broadway production
  • make proud or conceited
    • The sudden fame puffed her ego
  • breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
    • The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily
  • suck in or take (air)
    • draw a deep breath
    • draw on a cigarette
  • smoke and exhale strongly
    • puff a cigar
    • whiff a pipe
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