Definition of Puff

(a.)
Puffed up; vain.
  

(n.)
a kind of light pastry.
  

(n.)
A puffball.
  

(n.)
A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff.
  

(n.)
A utensil of the toilet for dusting the skin or hair with powder.
  

(n.)
An exaggerated or empty expression of praise, especially one in a public journal.
  

(n.)
Anything light and filled with air.
  

(n.)
To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs.
  

(n.)
To blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at.
  

(n.)
To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
  

(n.)
To breathe quick and hard, or with puffs, as after violent exertion.
  

(n.)
To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
  

(v. t.)
To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with puffs; -- often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air.
  

(v. t.)
To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
  

(v. t.)
To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, or the like; -- often with up.
  

(v. t.)
To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.
  

(v. t.)
To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
  

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 puff adder 
 puff of air 
 puff bird 
 puff-legged 
 puff out 
 puff-leg 
 cream puff 
 puff-fish 
 powder puff 
 puff up 

Blwth = n. a blast, a puff

Bram = n. fart, short puff

Bremian = a. puffing, farting; v. to puff; to fart

Chwa = n. a blast, a puff

Chwythyn = n. a puff, a blast

Dyheu = v. to pant, to puff

Dyheued = v. to pant, to puff

Erthychain = v. to puff; to groan

Fflair = n. a feist; a puff

Gochwyth = n. a slight puff

Mwytho = v. to puff; to mollify

Oriain = v. to puff, to pant, n. utterance; panting

Peuo = v. to spread out; to pant, to puff; to pause, to hesitate

Piff = n. puff, sudden blast

Piffio = v. to puff, to whiff

Poncio = v. to swell, to puff

Ponio = v. to swell, to puff

Pothellu = v. to puff; to blister

Pwff = n. a puff, a sharp blast

Ysmwcan = n. a puff of fog

weak or effeminate male

out of breath

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Noun
1. a short light gust of air
(synonym) puff of air, whiff
(hypernym) gust, blast, blow
2. a light inflated pastry or puff shell
(hypernym) pastry
(hyponym) cream puff, chou
3. exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
(hypernym) recommendation, testimonial, good word
(derivation) puff up
4. bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
(synonym) quilt, comforter
(hypernym) bedclothes, bed clothing, bedding
(hyponym) eiderdown, duvet, continental quilt
5. a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin
(synonym) powderpuff
(hypernym) pad
6. thick cushion used as a seat
(synonym) ottoman, pouf, pouffe, hassock
(hypernym) seat
7. 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"
(synonym) drag, pull
(hypernym) inhalation, inspiration, aspiration, breathing in
(hyponym) toke
(part-holonym) smoke, smoking
(derivation) drag, draw
8. forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff"
(synonym) blow
(hypernym) exhalation, expiration, breathing out
(hyponym) insufflation
(derivation) huff, chuff

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Verb
1. smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"
(synonym) whiff
(hypernym) smoke
(derivation) drag, pull
2. suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette"
(synonym) drag, draw
(hypernym) inhale, inspire, breathe in
(entail) smoke
(derivation) drag, pull
3. breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"
(synonym) pant, gasp, heave
(hypernym) blow
(derivation) blow
4. make proud or conceited; "The sudden fame puffed her ego"
(hypernym) elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate
5. praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Broadway production"
(synonym) puff up
(hypernym) praise
6. speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of man"
(hypernym) boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade
7. to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
(synonym) puff up, blow up, puff out
(hypernym) swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
(derivation) puffer, blowfish, globefish
8. blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"
(synonym) huff, chuff
(hypernym) blow
(derivation) blow

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Adjective
1. gathered for protruding fullness; "puff sleeves"
(synonym) puffed
(similar) fancy

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vt. To decompress data that has been crunched by Huffman coding. At least one widely distributed Huffman decoder program was actually named `PUFF', but these days it is usually packaged with the encoder. Oppose huff, see inflate.

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