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How to pronounce poof in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms fag, faggot, fagot, fairy, nance, pansy, poove, pouf, queen, queer
Type of gay, homo, homophile, homosexual

Examples of poof

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Enough has already taken place with the Arts during the Labour poof Chris Smith.
From the independent.co.uk
There's a fine line between a poof load and a shot with recoil and visible ashes.
From the omaha.com
Perry's campaign diminished into a poof of smoke with each gaffe or stiff answer.
From the swampland.time.com
If you are a Vendola's voter you must be potentially a queer, a queen, a poof too.
From the economist.com
Finally, when the Chase nears its end-poof, there he will be, out of nowhere.
From the dailyherald.com
I give it until a pine bough above releases a poof of powder into my upturned face.
From the washingtonpost.com
If every artist refused to fork over revenue, overnight the agencies could go poof.
From the forbes.com
You win and win and you're the king of your own little world, then poof, it's gone.
From the usatoday.com
Poof, all that energy cant be concentrated on the same spot enough to do any damage.
From the economist.com
More examples
  • Fagot: offensive term for an openly homosexual man
  • Homosexuality is romantic or sexual attraction or behavior among members of the same sex/gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality refers to "an enduring pattern of or disposition to experience sexual, affectional, or romantic attractions primarily to" people of the same sex; "it also ...
  • The terminology of homosexuality has been a contentious issue since the emergence of LGBT social movements in the mid-19th century. ...
  • A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate; The product of flatulence, or the sound of breaking wind; To vanish or disappear; To break wind; to fart; Onomatopoeia indicating a cloud of smoke or wind; caused by a deflating object, or a magical disappearance
  • (Poofed) Disappeared, refers usually to event hosts who disappear.
  • When someone leaves a chat room, often seen as *poof* as in boy he *poofed* in a hurry.
  • The sound associated with the puff of smoke animation which occurs after deleting text or ink drawings by scrubbing with the stylus on the screen. See also Scrubbing. Source: GH
  • N: Used as a disparaging term for an effeminate or homosexual male.
  • N. This is a mildly derogatory term for a homosexual (I say mildly primarily because the rest are even worse).