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Puff

noun

1.

A short light gust of air. Synonyms: puff of air, whiff.

2.

A light inflated pastry or puff shell.

3.

Exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes).

4.

Bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together. Synonyms: comfort, comforter, quilt.

5.

A soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin. Synonym: powderpuff.

6.

Thick cushion used as a seat. Synonyms: hassock, ottoman, pouf, pouffe.

7.

A slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke). Synonyms: drag, pull. "He took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly"

8.

Forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth. Synonym: blow. "He blew out all the candles with a single puff"

verb

(past & past part. puffed; pres. part. puffing)

1.

Smoke and exhale strongly. Synonym: whiff. "Whiff a pipe"

2.

Suck in or take (air). Synonyms: drag, draw. "Draw on a cigarette"

3.

Breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted. Synonyms: gasp, heave, pant.

4.

Make proud or conceited.

5.

Praise extravagantly. Synonym: puff up.

6.

Speak in a blustering or scornful manner.

7.

To swell or cause to enlarge,. Synonyms: blow up, puff out, puff up. "Puffed out chests"

8.

Blow hard and loudly. Synonyms: chuff, huff.

adjective

1.

Gathered for protruding fullness. Synonym: puffed.

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"Puff" Quotes from Famous Books

... thumped loudly on the fir boards. A silence that was like a swound fell on the instant, and the light within went out at a puff. For a moment it seemed as if our notion of occupancy and light and lament had been a delusion, for now the grave itself was no ...

— John Splendid - The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn • Neil Munro

... in the bottom he made a clutch— A heart or a puff-ball of sin? Eaten with moths, and fretted with rust, He grasped but a handful of dry-rotted dust: It was a horrible thing to touch, But he hid it his ...

— Warlock o' Glenwarlock • George MacDonald

... more "duchessy" than ever in her dinner dress. Jewels shone in the great puff of snowy hair that lay like a crown about her head. (Graham had always wanted to poke his finger into this marvel to see if it would burst and flatten like a toy balloon.) Jewels shone in the laces of her dress and on her fingers. ...

— Highacres • Jane Abbott

... proposition; it's got to be thought out. Feelin's don't allers point the right trail to jedgment, an', as often as not, the blazes lead the wrong way. You're all right in your own way, Bob-Cat, but you're shy on roots, and your idees gets a windfall every time an extra puff comes along. You're like the trees settlers forgets about when they cuts on the outside of a forest ...

— The Boy With the U. S. Foresters • Francis Rolt-Wheeler

... east could be seen a great number of sailing-boats and steamers. Just at seven o'clock a great puff of white smoke broke out from the black side of the Invincible, which was carrying the admiral's flag, and even before the sound reached the ears of the little party on the hill similar bursts of smoke spurted out from the other vessels. Then came the deep ...

— A Chapter of Adventures • G. A. Henty

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