Defenition of the word puff

• Defenition of the word 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"
  • breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"
  • a fluffy pad for applying powder to the skin
  • exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
  • a light inflated pastry or puff shell
  • speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of man"
  • smoke with puffs; "puff a cigar"
  • make proud or conceited; "The sudden fame puffed her ego"
  • suck in or take, as of air; "draw a deep breath"; draw on a cigarette"
  • 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"
  • blow hard and loudly
  • gathered for protruding fullness; "puff sleeves"
  • a short light gust of air
  • praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Brodaway production"
  • to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
  • a bed cover made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
  • thick cushion used as a seat
  • a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin
  • 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"
  • praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Broadway production"
  • smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"
  • suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette"
  • forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
  • a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
  • breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
  • to swell or cause to enlarge,
  • speak in a blustering or scornful manner
  • praise extravagantly
  • smoke and exhale strongly
  • suck in or take (air)
  • make proud or conceited
  • gathered for protruding fullness

Synonyms for the word puff

• • advertisement
  • blow
  • blow up
  • blurb
  • breath
  • breathe
  • breathe heavily
  • breathe out
  • chuff
  • cloud
  • comforter
  • current
  • draft
  • drag
  • draw
  • exhale
  • gasp
  • gust
  • heave
  • huff
  • pall
  • pant
  • powderpuff
  • praise
  • publicity
  • puff of air
  • puff out
  • puff up
  • puffed
  • pull
  • quilt
  • recommendation
  • wheeze
  • whiff
  • wisp

Similar words in the puff

• • fancy
  • puff
  • puff's
  • puffball
  • puffball's
  • puffballs
  • puffed
  • puffer
  • puffier
  • puffiest
  • puffin
  • puffin's
  • puffiness
  • puffing
  • puffins
  • puffs
  • puffy

Meronymys for the word puff

• • smoke
  • smoking

Hyponyms for the word puff

• • chou
  • continental quilt
  • cream puff
  • duvet
  • eiderdown
  • insufflation
  • patchwork
  • patchwork quilt
  • toke

Hypernyms for the word puff

• • aspiration
  • bed clothing
  • bedclothes
  • bedding
  • blast
  • blow
  • bluster
  • boast
  • brag
  • breathe in
  • breathing in
  • breathing out
  • distend
  • elate
  • exhalation
  • expiration
  • gas
  • gasconade
  • good word
  • gust
  • inhalation
  • inhale
  • inspiration
  • inspire
  • intake
  • intoxicate
  • intumesce
  • lift up
  • pad
  • pastry
  • pick up
  • praise
  • recommendation
  • seat
  • shoot a line
  • smoke
  • swash
  • swell
  • swell up
  • testimonial
  • tout
  • tumefy
  • tumesce
  • uplift
  • vaunt

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