Definition of puff | What does puff mean?
What is the definition of the word PUFF?
Here is a list of definitions for puff.
- a short light gust of air
- a light inflated pastry or puff shell
- exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
- bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
- a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin
- thick cushion used as a seat
- 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"
- forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff"
What are the verbs of the word PUFF?
Here is a list of definitions for puff.
- smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"
- suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette"
- breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"
- make proud or conceited; "The sudden fame puffed her ego"
- praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Broadway production"
- speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of man"
- to swell or cause to enlarge; "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests"
- blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"
What are the synonyms of the word PUFF?
What is another word for PUFF?. Here is a list of synonyms for PUFF
Words beginning with PUFF?
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In which dictionaries does the word puff exist?
English International (SOWPODS) - Yes
English USA (TWL 98) - Yes
English USA (TWL 06) - Yes
Collins Scrabble Words (CSW2012) - Yes
Collins Scrabble Words (CSW2007) - Yes
Words with Friends (WWF) - Yes
Enable1 (ENABLE1) - Yes
Letterpress (LETTERPRESS) - Yes