puffin

[ US /ˈpəˌfɪn/ ]
[ UK /pˈʌfɪn/ ]
NOUN
  1. any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills
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How To Use puffin In A Sentence

  • A battery powers an atomizer which is triggered by "puffing" on the cartridge of the device. Health and Medical Online News, Reports and Information
  • Other numerous species include the yellowbilled diver Gavia adamsii, whooper swan Cygnus cygnus, lesser whitefronted goose Anser erythropus, slatybacked gull Larus Schistisagus, Kamchatka tern Sterna camtschatica, guillemot Uria aalge, thickbilled guillemot Uria lomvia, pigeon guillemot Cepphus columbs, ancient murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus, horned puffin Fratercula Corniculata and tufted puffin Lunda cirrhata. Volcanoes of Kamchatka, Russian Federation
  • 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.
  • Many shorebirds and seabirds are found here, including rhinoceros auklet, Brandt's cormorants, and all manner of gulls, puffins, petrels, murres, and more.
  • A puffing kind of man
  • After a lot of huffing and puffing, he eventually gave in to our request.
  • It's not fun, it does hurt, abominably, and I do feel like a lumbering bear, huffing and puffing like Pooh on a bad day.
  • The Dynamo was accustomed to puffing his way through 40 unfiltered cigarettes a day, mainly in his office or his car, both now out of bounds.
  • He filled it with tobacco and lit it, puffing the sweet smelling smoke around the car.
  • He once suggested that my brother handle a bully by puffing up his chest and announcing, ‘If you come near me, I'll expectorate in your countenance.’
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