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–interjection
1.
(used to express or indicate a sudden disappearance):
Poof! The magician made the rabbit disappear.
2.
pooh
1
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def. 1
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.
Origin:
1815–25
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–noun
British
.
Slang:
Disparaging and Offensive
.
1.
a male homosexual.
2.
an effeminate male.
Also,
pooff,
pouf
,
poove.
Origin:
1840–50;
< F
pouffe
pouf
1
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poof
1
(pōōf)
interj. Used to indicate a sudden vanishing:
The magician waved a wand, and poof! The birds disappeared!
[
Imitative
.]
poof
2
(pōōf)
n.
Offensive Slang
Used as a disparaging term for an effeminate or homosexual male.
[Probably alteration of
puff
,
braggart, homosexual man
, from
puff
(influenced by
poof
1
).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History
poof
"effeminate man, male homosexual," c.1850, perhaps a corruption of
puff.
The Australian extended form
poofter
is attested from 1910.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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