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noun
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.
EXPANDa 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, especially an exaggerated one, of a book, an actor's performance, etc.
12.
13.
a ball or pad of soft material.
14.
15.
COLLAPSEChiefly British Slang. a male homosexual.
verb (used without object)
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.
EXPANDto 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 followed by up).
24.
COLLAPSE(especially of an auctioneer's accomplice) to bid on an item at an auction solely to increase the price that the final bidder must pay.
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Puffing
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verb (used with object)
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 followed by out): to puff a match out.
28.
to smoke (a cigar, cigarette, etc.).
29.
EXPANDto inflate, distend, or swell, especially with air.
30.
to make fluffy; fluff (often followed by up): to puff up a pillow.
31.
to inflate with pride, vanity, etc. (often followed 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.
COLLAPSEto arrange in puffs, as the hair.
Origin:
1175–1225; (v.) Middle English puffen (compare Middle Dutch puffen, Low German pof, puf); (noun) Middle English puf, puffe; of imitative orig.
1175–1225; (v.) Middle English puffen (compare Middle Dutch puffen, Low German pof, puf); (noun) Middle English puf, puffe; of imitative orig.
Related forms
puff·ing·ly, adverb
un·puffed, adjective
un·puff·ing, adjective
Synonyms
11. overpraise, exaggeration, puffery, flattery.
11. overpraise, exaggeration, puffery, flattery.
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Word Origin & History
puff
O.E. pyffian "an act of puffing," of imitative origin. Used of small swellings and round protuberances since 1538. Meaning "type of light pastry" is recorded from 1419; that of "small pad for applying powder to skin or hair" is from 1658. Figurative sense of "flattery, inflated praise" is first recorded
EXPAND1732. Puffy "swollen" is from 1664. Puff-ball, type of fungus, is from 1649; puffer, type of fish, is from 1814.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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