[
US
/ˈpəf/
]
[ UK /pˈʌf/ ]
[ UK /pˈʌf/ ]
VERB
-
blow hard and loudly
he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain -
suck in or take (air)
draw on a cigarette
draw a deep breath -
speak in a blustering or scornful manner
A puffing kind of man -
praise extravagantly
The critics puffed up this Broadway production -
smoke and exhale strongly
whiff a pipe
puff a cigar -
breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily -
make proud or conceited
The sudden fame puffed her ego -
to swell or cause to enlarge
puffed out chests
Her faced puffed up from the drugs
NOUN
- a short light gust of air
- a light inflated pastry or puff shell
- bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
-
a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly
he took a puff on his pipe - thick cushion used as a seat
- a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin
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forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
he blew out all the candles with a single puff
he gave his nose a loud blow - exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
ADJECTIVE
-
gathered for protruding fullness
puff sleeves
How To Use puff In A Sentence
- The six-inch white plastic stick uses a battery-powered atomiser to create realistic puffs of "smoke," while the tip glows red with each suck. The Cigarette That’s Legal Indoors | Impact Lab
- The bombardment of the GPO had fascinated MacMurrough: the annunciatory puffs of smoke and the flames that roared to greet them; then the crashing gun’s report, the shell’s eruption—an illogical sequence, effect before cause, an object lesson in the madness of war. At Swim, Two Boys
- A perfect mob of street urchins, loafers, shop-men and bar-keepers who could spare a bit of time, lined up in front of the Palace Hotel and watched the plaid-coated, gray-capped visitors in short knickerbockers and golf stockings puff their pipes around the bar and call for "Porter and h'ale, 'alf and The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras
- There wasn't a puff of wind for most of an unseasonally cold day and the heavy overnight rain had softened both the fairways and greens to make them more receptive.
- This may be because when he started mixing up a bucket in the new kitchen, billows of dust began puffing under the doors onto my new upstairs carpets.
- A puffing kind of man
- After a lot of huffing and puffing, he eventually gave in to our request.
- He filled it with tobacco and lit it, puffing the sweet smelling smoke around the car.
- The lab is a windowless room with a blackout curtain puffed over the closed door, and when the lights are turned off, it's completely dark.
- He came puffing up the stairs.
