- a short, quick blast, as of wind or breath.
- an abrupt emission of air, smoke, vapor, etc.
- an act of inhaling and exhaling, as on a cigarette or pipe; whiff.
- the sound of an abrupt emission of air, vapor, etc.
- a small quantity of vapor, smoke, etc., emitted at one blast.
- an inflated or distended part of a thing; swelling; protuberance.
- a form of light pastry with a filling of cream, jam, or the like.
- a portion of material gathered and held down at the edges but left full in the middle, as on a sleeve.
- a cylindrical roll of hair.
- a quilted bed covering, usually filled with down.
- a commendation, especially an exaggerated one, of a book, an actor's performance, etc.
- powder puff.
- a ball or pad of soft material.
- puffball.
- a gay man.
- to blow with short, quick blasts, as the wind.
- to be emitted in a puff.
- to emit a puff or puffs; breathe quick and hard, as after violent exertion.
- to go with puffing or panting.
- to emit puffs or whiffs of vapor or smoke.
- to move with such puffs: The locomotive puffed into the station.
- to take puffs at a cigar, cigarette, etc.
- to become inflated, distended, or swollen (usually followed by up).
- (especially of an auctioneer's accomplice) to bid on an item at an auction solely to increase the price that the final bidder must pay.
- to send forth (air, vapor, etc.) in short, quick blasts.
- to drive or impel by puffing, or with a short, quick blast.
- to extinguish by means of a puff (usually followed by out): to puff a match out.
- to smoke (a cigar, cigarette, etc.).
- to inflate, distend, or swell, especially with air.
- to make fluffy; fluff (often followed by up): to puff up a pillow.
- to inflate with pride, vanity, etc. (often followed by up): Their applause puffed him up.
- to praise unduly or with exaggeration.
- to apply powder to (the cheeks, neck, etc.) with a powder puff.
- to apply (powder) with a powder puff.
- to arrange in puffs, as the hair.
- a short quick draught, gust, or emission, as of wind, smoke, air, etc, esp a forceful one
- the amount of wind, smoke, etc, released in a puff
- the sound made by or associated with a puff
- an instance of inhaling and expelling the breath as in smoking
- a swelling
- a light aerated pastry usually filled with cream, jam, etc
- a powder puff
- exaggerated praise, as of a book, product, etc, esp through an advertisement
- a piece of clothing fabric gathered up so as to bulge in the centre while being held together at the edges
- a loose piece of hair wound into a cylindrical roll, usually over a pad, and pinned in place in a coiffure
- a less common word for quilt (def. 1)
- one's breath (esp in the phrase out of puff)
- a male homosexual
- a dialect word for puffball
- to blow or breathe or cause to blow or breathe in short quick draughts or blasts
- to cause to be out of breath
- to take puffs or draws at (a cigarette, cigar, or pipe)
- to move with or by the emission of puffs
- to swell, as with air, pride, etc
- to praise with exaggerated empty words, often in advertising
- to apply (cosmetic powder) from a powder puff to (the face)
- to increase the price of (a lot in an auction) artificially by having an accomplice make false bids
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