PUFF

puff

Noun

  1. A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.
  2. The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.
    out of puff
  3. A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.
    puff of smoke
  4. An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe.
  5. A flamboyant or alluring statement about an object's quality.
  6. A puffball.
  7. A powder puff.
  8. The drug cannabis.
  9. A light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc.
    cream puff
  10. a homosexual; a poof
  11. life

Verb

  1. To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs.
  2. To pant.
  3. To advertise.
  4. To blow as an expression of scorn.
  5. To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
  6. To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
  7. To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
  8. To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
  9. To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate.
    a bladder puffed with air
  10. To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, etc.; often with up.
  11. To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.


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