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puff
English
- 🔊 gathered for protruding fullness“puff sleeves”
- 🔊 a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)“he took a puff on his pipe”
- 🔊 exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
- 🔊 a light inflated pastry or puff shell
- 🔊 a short light gust of air
- 🔊 forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth“he gave his nose a loud blow”
- 🔊 a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers
- 🔊 thick cushion used as a seat
- 🔊 bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
- 🔊 blow hard and loudly“he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain”
- 🔊 to swell or cause to enlarge“Her faced puffed up from the drugs”
- 🔊 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“puff a cigar”
- 🔊 suck in or take (air)“draw a deep breath”
- 🔊 make proud or conceited“The sudden fame puffed her ego”
- 🔊 breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted“The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily”
Spanish
- 🔊 bocanada puff
- 🔊 vaharada puff
- 🔊 bollo puff, tuft
- 🔊 calada puff, hit (of a cigarette)
- 🔊 resoplido puff, pant (short inhalation and exhalation, when out of breath or angry)