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puff (p

a. A short forceful exhalation of breath.

b. A short sudden gust of wind.

c. A brief sudden emission of air, vapor, or smoke.

d. A short sibilant sound produced by a puff.

2. An amount of vapor, smoke, or similar material released in a puff.

3. An act of drawing in and expelling the breath, as in smoking tobacco.

4. A swelling or rounded protuberance.

5. Puff pastry.

6. A light soft pad for applying powder or lotion.

7. A gathered, protruding portion of fabric.

8. A light padded bed covering.

a. An approving or flattering recommendation.

b. A piece of writing, as on the jacket of a book, containing often exaggerated praise, used for promotional purposes.

10. Genetics A localized region of swelling in certain chromosomes indicating the active synthesis of RNA.

v. puffed, puff·ing, puffs

v.intr.

1. To blow in puffs.

2. To come forth in puffs: steam puffing from an engine.

3. To breathe forcefully and rapidly: huffed and puffed up the stairs.

4. To emit puffs.

5. To take puffs on smoking material: puffing on a cigar.

6. To swell or seem to swell, as with pride or air. Often used with up: He puffed up and glared at the importuning questioner.

v.tr.

1. To emit or give forth in puffs.

2. To impel with puffs.

3. To smoke (a cigar, for example).

4. To inflate or distend.

5. To fill with pride or conceit.

6. To publicize with often exaggerated praise: publishers who puff their new books.

[From Middle English puffen, to puff, from Old English pyffan, perhaps of imitative origin.]

puffi·ly adv.

puffi·ness n.

puffy adj.

puff

Noun

1. a short quick blast of breath, wind, or smoke

2. the amount of wind or smoke released in a puff

3. the sound made by a puff

4. out of puff out of breath: by the third flight of stairs she was out of puff

5. an act of inhaling and expelling cigarette smoke

6. a light pastry usually filled with cream and jam

Verb

1. to blow or breathe in short quick blasts

2. (often foll. by out)to cause to be out of breath

3. to take draws at (a cigarette)

4. to move with or by the emission of puffs: the steam train puffed up the incline

5. (often foll. by up, out)to swell [Old English pyffan]

puffy adj

Puff a small quantity emitted in a blast.

Examples: puff of breath, 1667; of smoke, 1839; of vapour, 1869; of wind, 1400.

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	puff - a short light gust of air puff of air, whiff gust, blast, blow - a strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust"
	2.	puff - a light inflated pastry or puff shell pastry - any of various baked foods made of dough or batter cream puff, chou - puff filled with cream or custard
	3.	puff - exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes) good word, recommendation, testimonial - something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable
	4.	puff - bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together quilt, comforter, comfort bed clothing, bedclothes, bedding - coverings that are used on a bed continental quilt, duvet, eiderdown - a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider patchwork quilt, patchwork - a quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together
	5.	puff - a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin powderpuff pad - a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort
	6.	puff - thick cushion used as a seat hassock, pouffe, pouf, ottoman seat - furniture that is designed for sitting on; "there were not enough seats for all the guests"
	7.	puff - 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" drag, pull smoking, smoke - the act of smoking tobacco or other substances; "he went outside for a smoke"; "smoking stinks" breathing in, inhalation, intake, aspiration, inspiration - the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing toke - a puff of a marijuana or hashish cigarette; "the boys took a few tokes on a joint"
	8.	puff - forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff" blow breathing out, exhalation, expiration - the act of expelling air from the lungs insufflation - an act of blowing or breathing on or into something
Verb	1.	puff - smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe" whiff smoke - inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?"
	2.	puff - suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette" drag, draw breathe in, inhale, inspire - draw in (air); "Inhale deeply"; "inhale the fresh mountain air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well"
	3.	puff - breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily" gasp, pant, heave blow - exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down"
	4.	puff - make proud or conceited; "The sudden fame puffed her ego" elate, intoxicate, uplift, lift up, pick up - fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits"
	5.	puff - praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Broadway production" puff up praise - express approval of; "The parents praised their children for their academic performance"
	6.	puff - speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of man" boast, brag, gasconade, shoot a line, vaunt, tout, gas, bluster, swash, blow - show off
	7.	puff - to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests" puff out, puff up, blow up swell up, tumesce, tumefy, intumesce, swell - expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"
	8.	puff - blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain" chuff, huff blow - exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down"
Adj.	1.	puff - gathered for protruding fullness; "puff sleeves" puffed fancy - not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes"

puff

verb 1. smoke, draw, drag (slang) suck, inhale, pull at or on

verb 2. breathe heavily, pant, exhale, blow, gasp, gulp, wheeze, fight for breath, puff and pant

verb 3. promote, push, plug (informal) hype, publicize, advertise, praise, crack up (informal) big up (slang), chiefly Caribbean overpraise

noun 4. drag, pull (slang) moke

noun 5. blast, breath, flurry, whiff, draught, gust, emanation

noun 6. advertisement, ad (informal) promotion, plug (informal) good word, commendation, sales talk, favourable mention, piece of publicity

puff out or up swell, expand, enlarge, inflate, dilate, distend, bloat

Translations

puff [pʌf] n → soplo; [of smoke] → bocanada; [of breathing, engine] → resoplido (= powder puff); borla

vt to puff one's pipe → dar chupadas a la pipa;

(also: puff out) [+ sails, cheeks]; hinchar, inflar vi (gen) → soplar (= pant); jadear;

to puff out smoke → echar humo

puff [pʌf] n → bouffée f

vt to puff one's pipe → tirer sur sa pipe;

(also: puff out) [+ sails, cheeks]; gonfler vi → sortir par bouffées (= pant); haleter;

to puff out smoke → envoyer des bouffées de fumée

puff [pʌf] n [of cigarette, pipe] → Zug m (= gasp); Schnaufer m [of air] → Stoß m [of smoke] → Wolke f

vt (also: puff on, puff at) [+ cigarette, pipe]; ziehen an +dat

vi (= gasp) → keuchen, schnaufen

puff out puff vt [+ one's chest] → herausdrücken [+ one's cheeks]; aufblasen

puff [pʌf] n → sbuffo;

(also: powder puff) → piumino

vt (also: puff out) [+ sails, cheeks]; gonfiare

vi → uscire a sbuffi (= pant); ansare;

to puff out smoke → mandar fuori sbuffi di fumo;

to puff one's pipe → tirare sboccate di fumo

puff

n puff [paf]

1 a small blast of air, wind etc; a gust A puff of wind moved the branches. rukwind نَفْخَه، هَبَّه полъх závan, poryv vindpust der Hauch πνοή, φύσημα, ρουφηξιά soplo, racha, ráfaga; bocanada puhang وزش؛ دمه henkäys souffle, bouffée נְשִיפָה קָלָה फूंक széllökés tiupan hviða, gustur soffio ひと吹き 한 번 (훅) 불기 gūsis, dvelktelėjimas pūsma tiupan windstoot vindpust, drag, blås podmuch sopro adiere, rafală дуновение ветра závan pihljaj dašak pust ลมหรือควันที่พัดมา esinti, püfürtü (一)噴，(一)吹；一陣，一股(氣味、煙霧等) подув جھونکا luồng gió thổi （一）喷，（一）吹；一阵，一股（气味、烟雾等）

2 any of various kinds of soft, round, light or hollow objects a powder puff; (also adjective ) puff sleeves. pof أي شَيْ مَنْفوخ، قُرْص البودْرَه кълбо pudrovátko; balonový (rukáv) -kvast; puf- die Quaste, Puff-... οτιδήποτε απαλό, στρογγυλό και ελαφρύ borla (puudri)tups, puhv- هر چیز پف کرده huisku, puhvi- houppe(tte); manche bouffante חֶלֶק מְנוּפָּח בְּבֶּגֶד कश, दम pamacs; puff pemupuk bedak púðurkvasti; púffermar piumino; a sbuffo ふくれたもの 부드럽고 둥근 것; 부푼[] (것) pūkutis, kamuoliukas; pūstas pūderslotiņa; (pūku) kamoliņš; kupls; krokots paf dons; pof{#169} pudderkvast; drag; dott; blaff; puff(erme) kłębek, bufa tufo bureţel (de pudrat); mânecă bufantă пуховка; буф labutienka; naberaný blazinica pufna vippa, puff แผ่นสำหรับทาแป้ง puf, ponpon 蓬鬆的一團，衣服的蓬鬆部分，粉樸撲 пухівка; буф غازہ مَلنے کي گدي chỗ phồng lên 蓬松的一团，衣服的蓬松部分，粉朴扑

1 to blow in small blasts Stop puffing cigarette smoke into my face!; He puffed at his pipe. teug يَنْفُخ، يَنْفُث духам foukat, bafat puste; dampe; ryge pusten καπνίζω κάνοντας σύννεφα dar caladas pahvima فوت کردن tuprutella tirer/émettre des bouffées de fumée לִפלוֹט धुंआ निकालते हुए चलाना pöfékel menghembuskan púa (tirare boccate di fumo) ぷっと吹く 훅 불다, 내뿜다 pūsti, papsėti pūst menghembuskan puffen blåse, dampe, smatte på pykać soprar a pufăi (din) дымить fúkať; bafkať puhati pućkati bolma, blossa เป่าลม üflemek 一陣陣地吹 диміти, пускати клуби диму پھونک مارنا thổi phù phù 一阵阵地吹

2 to breathe quickly, after running etc He was puffing as he climbed the stairs. hyg يَتَنَفَّس بِصُعوبَه пухтя hekat, oddychovat puste og stønne schnaufen λαχανιάζω jadear lõõtsutama نفس نفس زدن puuskuttaa haleter לְהִתנָשֵף फूक-फूककर निकालना szuszog terengah-engah mása ansimare 息を切らす 숨을 헐떡이다 pūškuoti elst, elsot tercungap-cungap puffen pese, puste og stønne sapać arquejar a respira greu, a gâfâi запыхаться lapať po dychu, prudko dýchať sopihati disati ubrzano pusta, flåsa, flämta สูดหายใจ soluk soluğa kalmak 喘氣 пихкати; задихатися زور سے سانس لينا thở hổn hển 喘气

adj puffed

short of breath; breathing quickly I'm puffed after running so fast! kortasem مَقْطوع النَّفَس задъхан udýchaný forpustet außer Atem λαχανιασμένος jadeante; sin aliento lõõtsutav به نفس نفس افتاده hengästynyt essoufflé לְהִתנַשֵם फूला हुआ kifulladt tersengal-sengal móður og másandi sfiatato, senza fiato 息を切らした 숨이 찬, 헐떡이는 uždusęs, be kvapo aizelsies; bez elpas tercungap-cungap buiten adem andpusten zasapany esbaforido fără suflu запыхавшийся udýchaný zasopel zadihan andfådd ที่หายใจหอบ soluk soluğa kalmış 喘氣的 пихкаючий ہانپنے والا، بے دم hết hơi; hổn hển 喘气的

adj puffy

swollen, especially unhealthily a puffy face/ankle. opgeswel مُنْتَفِخ подпухнал oteklý, nafouklý opsvulmet geschwollen πρησμένος hinchado pundunud پف دار turvonnut bouffi, boursouflé נָפוּחַ झांकेदार, हांफने वाला, मोटा, घमंडी dagadt bengkak bólginn gonfio ふくれた 부은 išpurtęs, pabrinkęs pietūcis, uztūcis bengkak opgezet pløset, oppblåst spuchnięty inchado umflat одутловатый nadutý; opuchnutý zabuhel otečen uppsvälld, svullen บวม şişmiş, kabarık 腫大的，虛胖的 одутлий; набряклий سوجا ہوا، ہوا سے بھرا ہوا sưng húp 肿大的，虚胖的

puff pastry

a light, flaky type of pastry. korsdeeg فَطيرَه مَنفوخَه парено тесто listové těsto butterdej der Blätterteig σφολιάτα hojaldre võitainas شیرینی پفکی voitaikina pâte feuilletée בָּצֵק עָלִים एक प्रकार का पिष्टक leveles tészta kue sus smjördeig, búttudeig pasta sfoglia シュークリームの類 부풀려 굽는 과자용 반죽 sluoksniuotos tešlos pyragaitis kārtainās mīklas kūka pastri lapis bladerdeeg butterdeig ciasto francuskie massa folhada aluat în foi слоёное тесто lístkové cesto krhko/listnato testo lisnato testo smördeg ขนมถ้วยฟู puf böreği (一種)千層餅 листкові кондитерські вироби ايک ہلکے قسم کا سموسہ bột nở （一种）千层饼

puff out

to cause to swell or expand The bird puffed out its feathers; He puffed out his cheeks. oppof يَنْفُخ издувам nafouknout udspile aufblasen φουσκώνω inflar, hinchar, ahuecar puhevile ajama پف دار کردن؛ باد انداختن pullistaa gonfler לְהִתנַפֵּח हवा से फूलना, फूलाना felfúj menggembungkan blása upp, ÿfa gonfiare, distendere ふくらませる ...을 부풀리다 papūsti piepūst; uzpūst meremangkan; mengembungkan doen opbollen bryste seg, spile ut, svulme nadąć enfunar a (se) umfla надувать, раздувать nafúknuť napihovati (se) raširiti burra upp, puta med, blåsa upp ทำให้บวม kabar(t)mak, şiş(ir)mek 使充氣，鼓起 роздувати پھلالينا، بڑا کرلينا xù lên; phồng lên 使充气，鼓起

puff up

to swell Her eye (was all) puffed up after the wasp stung her. opswel يَنْتَفِخ надувам otéci hæve schwellen πρήζω, πρήζομαι hinchar üles paistetama پف کردن turvota enfler הִתנַפּחוּת फूलना या फुलाना bedagad membengkak bólgna gonfiarsi ふくらむ 부풀어 오르(게 하)다 ištinti uztūcis; piepampis bengkak opzetten hovne opp spuchnąć inchar a (se) umfla распухать, вздуваться opuchnúť napihniti (se) oteći svälla, svullna พองขึ้น şişmek 腫脹 роздуватися; пухнути سوجنا، پھولنا sưng tấy 肿胀

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