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The Meaning of puff

  • (n.) A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff.
  • (n.) Anything light and filled with air.
  • (n.) A puffball.
  • (n.) a kind of light pastry.
  • (n.) A utensil of the toilet for dusting the skin or hair with powder.
  • (n.) An exaggerated or empty expression of praise, especially one in a public journal.
  • (n.) To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs.
  • (n.) To blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at.
  • (n.) To breathe quick and hard, or with puffs, as after violent exertion.
  • (n.) To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
  • (n.) To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
  • (v. t.) To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
  • (v. t.) To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
  • (v. t.) To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with puffs; -- often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air.
  • (v. t.) To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, or the like; -- often with up.
  • (v. t.) To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.
  • (a.) Puffed up; vain.

Synonyms

whiff , 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 , have a fit , dramatise , inflate , throw a fit , aggrandize , dramatize , blow one's stack , snort

Antonyms

plain

Rhymes

acuff , bluff , bruff , buff , chuff , cluff , cuff , cuffe , duff , dyestuff , earmuff , enough , fisticuff , fluff , foodstuff , gruff , guff , handcuff , hough , huff , leboeuf , lebouef , luff , macduff , mcduff , mcgeough , mcgough , muff , overstuff , pluff , rebuff , rough , ruf , ruff , schuff , scottsbluff , scruff , scuff , shuff , slough , sluff , snuff , stough , stuff , tough , tuff