English Explanatory Dictionary

puff

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.
  2. The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.
  3. A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.
  4. A sudden but small gust of wind, smoke, etc.
  5. An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe.
  6. The drug cannabis.
  7. A flamboyant or alluring statement of praise.
  8. A portion of fabric gathered up so as to be left full in the middle.
  9. A light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc.
  10. A puffball.
  11. A powder puff.
  12. A puffer, one who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at auction to bid up the price; an act or scam of that type.
verb
  1. To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs.
  2. To pant.
  3. To advertise.
  4. To blow as an expression of scorn.
  5. To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
  6. To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
  7. To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
  8. To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
  9. To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate.
  10. To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, etc.; often with up.
  11. To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.

Pronunciation

/pʌf/ /pɐf/ En-au-puff.ogg /pʊf/

Word forms

puff puffs puffing puffed

Etymology

From Middle English puff, puf, from Old English pyf (“a blast of wind, puff”), from Proto-West Germanic *puf(f)- (“to blow, puff”), of imitative origin. Cognate with Dutch puf (“puff, wind, fart”), Middle Low German puf, pof (“puff”).

Synonyms

wind drag bhang benj boo broccoli bud buddha cannabis cheeba choof daccha dank devil's lettuce djamba doja doobage dope endo gage ganja ganj grass green greenery hash hashish hemp herb Mary Jane MJ marihoochie marijuana Mary Joanna method mezz muggle mull pot puff reefer sens sensimillia sensimilla shit sweetleaf tea Texas tea trees twig wacky tobaccy weed yarndie zaza zombie pastry cream puff poof jolly lay it on thick

Derived words

airpuff air puff test cheese puff cheesy puff crab puff cream puff curry puff fluff huff and puff Hufflepuff in a puff of smoke Jigglypuff love in a puff nun's puff piffle pizza puff powder puff puff adder puff and darts puffback puffbird puff-box puffcorn puffer puffery puff-fish puffhead puffin puffing puff-leg puffleg puff-legged puffless pufflet puff paste puff pastry puff piece puff pipe puff-puff puff, puff, pass puffy sip and puff super-puff windpuff apuff bepuff depuff outpuff puffable puffed puffing Billy puffingly puffing pig puff one's chest puff out puff the magic dragon puff up puft repuff unpuff
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