PUFF
\pˈʌf], \pˈʌf], \p_ˈʌ_f]\
Definitions of PUFF
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
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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"
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thick cushion used as a seat
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make proud or conceited; "The sudden fame puffed her ego"
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exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
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a light inflated pastry or puff shell
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a short light gust of air
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smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"
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a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin
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blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"
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speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of man"
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suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette"
By Princeton University
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to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
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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"
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thick cushion used as a seat
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make proud or conceited; "The sudden fame puffed her ego"
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exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
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a light inflated pastry or puff shell
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a short light gust of air
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smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff.
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Anything light and filled with air.
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a kind of light pastry.
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An exaggerated or empty expression of praise, especially one in a public journal.
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To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs.
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To blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at.
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To breathe quick and hard, or with puffs, as after violent exertion.
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To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
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To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
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To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
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To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
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To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with puffs; -- often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air.
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To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, or the like; -- often with up.
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To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.
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Puffed up; vain.
By Oddity Software
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A short quick blast; a sudden breath forced out; a soft ball or pad used to apply powder to the skin or hair; a soft roll of hair; a light cake or tart filled with cream, etc.; colloquially, exaggerated praise.
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To send out air, smoke, breath, etc., with sudden force; breathe quick and hard, as a runner; swell with air; swell with importance.
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To blow, drive, etc., with whiffs or little blasts; swell, as with wind; praise in too high terms; arrange in puffs, as the hair.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To blow in puffs or whiffs: to swell or fill with air: to breathe with vehemence: to blow at, in contempt: to bustle about.
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To drive with a puff: to swell with a wind: to praise in exaggerated terms.
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A sudden, forcible breath: a sudden blast of wind: a gust or whiff: a fungous ball containing dust: anything light and porous, or swollen and light: a kind of light pastry: an exaggerated expression of praise.
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PUFFER.
By Daniel Lyons
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Sudden blast of wind; anything light and porous; light pastry; excessive or interested praise.
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To drive with wind; infiate; praise to excess.
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To pant; bustle about.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To inflate; swell; praise fulsomely; pant; breathe hard.
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Public and fulsome praise.
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A spongy or fluffy article.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [German, Dutch] A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth ; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind ; a whiff ;-a dry, fungous ball containing dust ;-a certain kind of light pastry ; -a substance of loose texture for sprinkling powder on the hair or skin ;-hence, an exaggerated expression of praise, especially in a public journal.