[puhf] 
| 1. | a short, quick blast, as of wind or breath. |
| 2. | an abrupt emission of air, smoke, vapor, etc. |
| 3. | an act of inhaling and exhaling, as on a cigarette or pipe; whiff. |
| 4. | the sound of an abrupt emission of air, vapor, etc. |
| 5. | a small quantity of vapor, smoke, etc., emitted at one blast. |
| 6. | an inflated or distended part of a thing; swelling; protuberance. |
| 7. | a form of light pastry with a filling of cream, jam, or the like. |
| 8. | a portion of material gathered and held down at the edges but left full in the middle, as on a sleeve. |
| 9. | a cylindrical roll of hair. |
| 10. | a quilted bed covering, usually filled with down. |
| 11. | a commendation, esp. an exaggerated one, of a book, an actor's performance, etc. |
| 12. | powder puff. |
| 13. | a ball or pad of soft material. |
| 14. | puffball. |
| 15. | Chiefly British Slang. a male homosexual. |
| 16. | to blow with short, quick blasts, as the wind. |
| 17. | to be emitted in a puff. |
| 18. | to emit a puff or puffs; breathe quick and hard, as after violent exertion. |
| 19. | to go with puffing or panting. |
| 20. | to emit puffs or whiffs of vapor or smoke. |
| 21. | to move with such puffs: The locomotive puffed into the station. |
| 22. | to take puffs at a cigar, cigarette, etc. |
| 23. | to become inflated, distended, or swollen (usually fol. by up). |
| 24. | (esp. of an auctioneer's accomplice) to bid on an item at an auction solely to increase the price that the final bidder must pay. |
| 25. | to send forth (air, vapor, etc.) in short, quick blasts. |
| 26. | to drive or impel by puffing, or with a short, quick blast. |
| 27. | to extinguish by means of a puff (usually fol. by out): to puff a match out. |
| 28. | to smoke (a cigar, cigarette, etc.). |
| 29. | to inflate, distend, or swell, esp. with air. |
| 30. | to make fluffy; fluff (often fol. by up): to puff up a pillow. |
| 31. | to inflate with pride, vanity, etc. (often fol. by up): Their applause puffed him up. |
| 32. | to praise unduly or with exaggeration. |
| 33. | to apply powder to (the cheeks, neck, etc.) with a powder puff. |
| 34. | to apply (powder) with a powder puff. |
| 35. | to arrange in puffs, as the hair. |
