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puff::verb | Spocien Dictionary

puff
verb
/pəf/
suck in or take (air)
Type Words
Synonyms drag, draw
Type of breathe in, inhale, inspire

puff::verb | Spocien Dictionary

puff
verb
/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
noun
/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
verb
/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
noun
/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
noun
/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
noun
/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
verb
/pəf/
smoke and exhale strongly
Type Words
Synonyms whiff
Type of smoke
Derivation puffing


puff a cigar.

puff::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

puff
adjective
/pəf/
gathered for protruding fullness
Type Words
Synonyms puffed


puff sleeves.

puff::noun | Spocien Dictionary

puff
noun
/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
verb
/pəf/
breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
Type Words
Synonyms gasp, heave, pant
Type of blow
Derivation puffing

puff::verb | Spocien Dictionary

puff
verb
/pəf/
praise extravagantly
Type Words
Synonyms puff up
Type of praise


The critics puffed up this Broadway production.

puff::noun | Spocien Dictionary

puff
noun
/pəf/
thick cushion used as a seat
Type Words
Synonyms hassock, ottoman, pouf, pouffe
Type of seat

puff::noun | Spocien Dictionary

puff
noun
/pəf/
a light inflated pastry or puff shell
Type Words
Type of pastry
Has types chou, cream puff

puff::noun | Spocien Dictionary

puff
noun
/pəf/
exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
Type Words
Type of recommendation, good word, testimonial

puff::verb | Spocien Dictionary

puff
verb
/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
verb
/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.
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