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The Meaning of puff
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(n.) A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff.
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(n.) Anything light and filled with air.
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(n.) A puffball.
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(n.) a kind of light pastry.
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(n.) A utensil of the toilet for dusting the skin or hair with powder.
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(n.) An exaggerated or empty expression of praise, especially one in a public journal.
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(n.) To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs.
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(n.) To blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at.
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(n.) To breathe quick and hard, or with puffs, as after violent exertion.
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(n.) To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
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(n.) To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
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(v. t.) To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
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(v. t.) To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
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(v. t.) To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with puffs; -- often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air.
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(v. t.) To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, or the like; -- often with up.
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(v. t.) To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.
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(a.) Puffed up; vain.
Synonyms
whiff
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pull
,
pouffe
,
quilt
,
puff of air
,
drag
,
comfort
,
pouf
,
blow
,
comforter
,
hassock
,
powderpuff
,
ottoman
,
teething ring
,
consolation
,
ease
,
allayer
,
sympathiser
,
baby's dummy
,
pacifier
,
solace
,
comfortableness
,
sympathizer
,
reliever
,
poove
,
poof
,
fairy
,
fag
,
queer
,
faggot
,
pansy
,
footstool
,
fagot
,
tuffet
,
nance
,
queen
,
footrest
,
pulling
,
clout
,
wrench
,
twist
,
retarding force
,
nose candy
,
reversal
,
bump
,
setback
,
snow
,
coke
,
shock
,
black eye
,
reverse
,
gust
,
blast
,
puffed
,
blow up
,
heave
,
huff
,
chuff
,
sniff
,
puff up
,
pant
,
puff out
,
gasp
,
draw
,
tie
,
get
,
suck up
,
attract
,
get behind
,
thread
,
quarter
,
imbibe
,
scuff
,
hale
,
guide
,
describe
,
sweep up
,
suck
,
pull in
,
draw in
,
delineate
,
draw and quarter
,
make
,
soak up
,
cast
,
tangle
,
hang back
,
get out
,
take out
,
trail
,
cart
,
pull back
,
sop up
,
sweep
,
reap
,
pass
,
depict
,
take in
,
string
,
drag on
,
dredge
,
drop back
,
withdraw
,
drag in
,
pull out
,
disembowel
,
line
,
run
,
force
,
trace
,
absorb
,
drop behind
,
draw off
,
embroil
,
haul
,
take up
,
drag out
,
eviscerate
,
buckle
,
gag
,
warp
,
heft up
,
heft
,
billow
,
retch
,
heave up
,
surge
,
swell
,
embellish
,
have kittens
,
flip one's wig
,
embroider
,
detonate
,
hit the roof
,
explode
,
combust
,
flip one's lid
,
magnify
,
expand
,
amplify
,
pad
,
go ballistic
,
lard
,
fly off the handle
,
set off
,
lose one's temper
,
blow a fuse
,
enlarge
,
hit the ceiling
,
aggrandise
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have a fit
,
dramatise
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inflate
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throw a fit
,
aggrandize
,
dramatize
,
blow one's stack
,
snort
Antonyms
plain
Rhymes
acuff
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bluff
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bruff
,
buff
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chuff
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cluff
,
cuff
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cuffe
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duff
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dyestuff
,
earmuff
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enough
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fisticuff
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fluff
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foodstuff
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gruff
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guff
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handcuff
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hough
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huff
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leboeuf
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lebouef
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luff
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macduff
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mcduff
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mcgeough
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mcgough
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muff
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overstuff
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pluff
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rebuff
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rough
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ruf
,
ruff
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schuff
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scottsbluff
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scruff
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scuff
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shuff
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slough
,
sluff
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snuff
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stough
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stuff
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tough
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tuff