puff

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puff

A baker dusts the pastry with a soft puff.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A short, forceful burst of air, breath, or smoke: A single, quick emission of air, breath, or smoke from the mouth or nose.
    • A small quantity of vapor or smoke inhaled: A single, small draw of smoke from a cigarette, pipe, or cigar.
    • A soft, rounded pad or mass: A soft, light object, often used for applying powder or as a cushion.
    • A light, hollow pastry: A type of light, flaky pastry that is often filled.
    • Exaggerated praise or publicity: Insincere or excessive praise, often used for promotional purposes.
    • A light gust of wind: A brief, gentle rush of air.

  2. Verb:

    • To blow or emit air, smoke, or vapor in short bursts: To breathe or send out air or smoke in quick, forceful breaths.
    • To swell or become inflated: To expand or cause to expand with air or pride.
    • To breathe heavily, especially from exertion: To breathe in a noisy, labored way.
    • To smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.) by taking short draws: To inhale and exhale smoke in short breaths.
    • To speak boastfully or scornfully: To talk in a loud, arrogant, or dismissive manner.
    • To praise excessively: To promote or compliment in an exaggerated, often insincere way.
Examples

  • Noun:

    • He blew out the candles with a single puff.
    • She took a puff from her cigarette.
    • The powder puff is soft and fluffy.
    • The review was just a puff piece for the new movie.

  • Verb:

    • The dragon can puff smoke from its nostrils.
    • The frog puffed up its chest to appear larger.
    • He was puffing hard after running up the stairs.
    • She sat on the porch, puffing on her pipe.
Advanced Usage

  • "puff out": to swell or protrude; to cause to swell.

    • The bird puffed out its feathers to keep warm.
    • He puffed out his cheeks and blew.

  • "puff up": to swell, especially with air, fluid, or pride; to inflate.

    • Her ankle puffed up after the sprain.
    • All the flattery puffed up his ego.

  • "huff and puff": to breathe loudly and heavily, especially from effort; to make empty threats or complaints.

    • He huffed and puffed while trying to move the heavy box.
    • The company huffed and puffed about the new regulations but complied in the end.
Variants and Related Words
  • Puffy (adj): Slightly swollen; inflated.
    • Her eyes were puffy from crying.
  • Puffin (n): A type of seabird with a large, colorful beak.
  • Powder puff (n): A soft pad for applying powder to the skin.
  • Puff pastry (n): A light, flaky pastry made of many thin layers.
Synonyms
  • Noun: Gust, whiff, breath, drag (of smoke), pad, cushion, flattery.
  • Verb: Blow, pant, wheeze, swell, inflate, boast, promote.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Puff away: To smoke continuously, taking frequent puffs.
    • He just sat there, puffing away on his cigar.
  • Puff on: To smoke something by taking puffs.
    • She puffed on her cigarette thoughtfully.
Related Idioms
  • "a puff of wind": a very light, brief gust of air.
    • Not a puff of wind stirred the leaves.
  • "puff and blow": to breathe very heavily and noisily from physical exertion.
    • By the top of the hill, I was really puffing and blowing.
puff

A baker dusts the pastry with a soft puff.

Adjective
  1. gathered for protruding fullness
    • puff sleeves
Noun
  1. forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
    • he gave his nose a loud blow
    • he blew out all the candles with a single puff
  2. a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
    • he took a puff on his pipe
    • he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly
  3. thick cushion used as a seat
  4. a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin
  5. bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
  6. exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
  7. a light inflated pastry or puff shell
  8. a short light gust of air
Verb
  1. blow hard and loudly
    • he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain
  2. to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
    • puffed out chests
  3. speak in a blustering or scornful manner
    • A puffing kind of man
  4. praise extravagantly
    • The critics puffed up this Broadway production
  5. make proud or conceited
    • The sudden fame puffed her ego
  6. breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
    • The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily
  7. suck in or take (air)
    • draw a deep breath
    • draw on a cigarette
  8. smoke and exhale strongly
    • puff a cigar
    • whiff a pipe

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