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verbsuck in or take (air)type of:
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"he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"verbblow hard and loudlytype of:
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nouna short light gust of air
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"Her faced puffed up from the drugs" "puffed out chests"verbto swell or cause to enlarge
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"he took a puff on his pipe"nouna slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)type of:
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nouna soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin
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nounbedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched togethertype of:
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"puff a cigar"verbsmoke and exhale strongly
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"puff sleeves"adjectivegathered for protruding fullness
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"he blew out all the candles with a single puff"nounforceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
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verbbreathe noisily, as when one is exhaustedtype of:
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"The critics puffed up this Broadway production"verbpraise extravagantly
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nounthick cushion used as a seattype of:
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nouna light inflated pastry or puff shelltype of:
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nounexaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)type of:
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"The sudden fame puffed her ego"verbmake proud or conceitedtype of:
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"A puffing kind of man"verbspeak in a blustering or scornful manner
Examples of puff
- "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"
- "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
- "puffed out chests"
- "he took a puff on his pipe"
- "puff a cigar"
- "puff sleeves"
- "he blew out all the candles with a single puff"
- "The critics puffed up this Broadway production"
- "The sudden fame puffed her ego"
- "A puffing kind of man"