puff
puhf
- n a short light gust of air
- n a light inflated pastry or puff shell
- n exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
- n bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
- n a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin
- n thick cushion used as a seat
- n a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
he took a puff on his pipe - n forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
he blew out all the candles with a single puff - v smoke and exhale strongly
puff a cigar - v suck in or take (air)
- v breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
- v make proud or conceited
The sudden fame puffed her ego - v praise extravagantly
The critics puffed up this Broadway production - v speak in a blustering or scornful manner
A puffing kind of man - v to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
puffed out chests - v blow hard and loudly
he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain - s gathered for protruding fullness
puff sleeves
- The Russians filled their lungs for a mighty huff puff at next month's San Francisco Conference.
- Eighteen assorted British bigwigs, men like Montagu Norman, John Masefield, Lord Derby last week sent a cream-puff plea to Adolf Hitler to keep the peace of Europe, just as .
- The rubber cap is fitted snugly over the face and two holes are cut in it; one for the powder-puff cover (to look through), one for the tin-can respirator.