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puff::verb | Spocien Dictionary

puff

/pəf/

suck in or take (air)

Type	Words
Synonyms	drag, draw
Type of	breathe in, inhale, inspire

puff::verb | Spocien Dictionary

puff

/pəf/

blow hard and loudly

Type	Words
Synonyms	chuff, huff
Type of	blow
Derivation	puffing

he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain.

puff::noun | Spocien Dictionary

puff

/pəf/

a short light gust of air

Type	Words
Synonyms	puff of air, whiff
Type of	gust, blast, blow
Derivation	puffy

puff::verb | Spocien Dictionary

puff

/pəf/

to swell or cause to enlarge

Type	Words
Synonyms	blow up, puff out, puff up
Type of	swell up, tumefy, swell, intumesce, tumesce
Derivation	puffer

Her faced puffed up from the drugs.

puffed out chests.

puff::noun | Spocien Dictionary

puff

/pəf/

a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)

Type	Words
Synonyms	drag, pull
Type of	breathing in, intake, aspiration, inspiration, inhalation
Has types	toke

he took a puff on his pipe.

puff::noun | Spocien Dictionary

puff

/pəf/

a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin

Type	Words
Synonyms	powderpuff
Type of	pad

puff::noun | Spocien Dictionary

puff

/pəf/

bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together

Type	Words
Synonyms	comfort, comforter, quilt
Type of	bedclothes, bed clothing, bedding
Has types	continental quilt, eiderdown, patchwork, patchwork quilt, duvet

puff::verb | Spocien Dictionary

puff

/pəf/

smoke and exhale strongly

Type	Words
Synonyms	whiff
Type of	smoke
Derivation	puffing

puff a cigar.

puff::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

puff

/pəf/

gathered for protruding fullness

Type	Words
Synonyms	puffed

puff sleeves.

puff::noun | Spocien Dictionary

puff

/pəf/

forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth

Type	Words
Synonyms	blow
Type of	expiration, breathing out, exhalation
Has types	insufflation

he blew out all the candles with a single puff.

puff::verb | Spocien Dictionary

puff

/pəf/

breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted

Type	Words
Synonyms	gasp, heave, pant
Type of	blow
Derivation	puffing

puff::verb | Spocien Dictionary

puff

/pəf/

praise extravagantly

Type	Words
Synonyms	puff up
Type of	praise

The critics puffed up this Broadway production.

puff::noun | Spocien Dictionary

puff

/pəf/

thick cushion used as a seat

Type	Words
Synonyms	hassock, ottoman, pouf, pouffe
Type of	seat

puff::noun | Spocien Dictionary

puff

/pəf/

a light inflated pastry or puff shell

Type	Words
Type of	pastry
Has types	chou, cream puff

puff::noun | Spocien Dictionary

puff

/pəf/

exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)

Type	Words
Type of	recommendation, good word, testimonial

puff::verb | Spocien Dictionary

puff

/pəf/

make proud or conceited

Type	Words
Type of	lift up, elate, intoxicate, pick up, uplift

The sudden fame puffed her ego.

puff::verb | Spocien Dictionary

puff

/pəf/

speak in a blustering or scornful manner

Type	Words
Type of	tout, gas, gasconade, blow, swash, boast, vaunt, shoot a line, brag, bluster

A puffing kind of man.