| a soft, feathery ball or pad, as of cotton or down, for applying powder to the skin. |
[pou-der-puhf] 
| 1. | limited to participation by women or girls: She plays on the powder-puff touch football team. |
| 2. | inconsequential; trifling; lightweight: a powder-puff company with little financing and a weak sales effort. |
| pow·der-puff (pou'dər-pŭf') adj. Of, relating to, or being an amateur, usually competitive activity in which only women take part: the annual powder-puff football game. |