puff

Definitions of puff in various dictionaries:

noun - a short light gust of air

noun - a light inflated pastry or puff shell

noun - exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)

noun - bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together

noun - a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers

noun - thick cushion used as a seat

noun - a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)

noun - forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth

verb - smoke and exhale strongly

verb - suck in or take (air)

verb - breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted

verb - make proud or conceited

verb - praise extravagantly

verb - speak in a blustering or scornful manner

verb - to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"

verb - blow hard and loudly

adj - gathered for protruding fullness

A short, forceful exhalation of breath.

A short, sudden gust of wind.

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

A short, sibilant sound produced by a puff.

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

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

A swelling or rounded protuberance.

Puff pastry.

A light, soft pad for applying powder or lotion.

A gathered, protruding portion of fabric.

A light, padded bed covering.

An approving or flattering recommendation.

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

A localized region of swelling in certain chromosomes indicating the active synthesis of DNA and RNA.

To blow in puffs.

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

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

To emit puffs.

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

To swell or seem to swell, as with pride or air.

To emit or give forth in puffs.

To impel with puffs.

To smoke (a cigar, for example).

To inflate or distend.

To fill with pride or conceit.

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

verb - to blow in short gusts