Puff Meaning

There are 17 meaning(s) for word Puff

Meaning 1 : suck in or take (air)

    Synonyms : drag,  draw
Meaning 2 : blow hard and loudly

    Example : he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain

    Synonyms : chuff,  huff
Meaning 3 : a short light gust of air

    Synonyms : puff of air,  whiff
Meaning 4 : to swell or cause to enlarge

    Example : Her faced puffed up from the drugs,puffed out chests

    Synonyms : blow up,  puff out,  puff up
Meaning 5 : a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)

    Example : he took a puff on his pipe

    Synonyms : drag,  pull
Meaning 6 : a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin

    Synonyms : powderpuff
Meaning 7 : bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together

    Synonyms : comfort,  comforter,  quilt
Meaning 8 : smoke and exhale strongly

    Example : puff a cigar

    Synonyms : whiff
Meaning 9 : gathered for protruding fullness

    Example : puff sleeves

    Synonyms : puffed
Meaning 10 : forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth

    Example : he blew out all the candles with a single puff

    Synonyms : blow
Meaning 11 : breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted

    Synonyms : gasp,  heave,  pant
Meaning 12 : praise extravagantly

    Example : The critics puffed up this Broadway production

    Synonyms : puff up
Meaning 13 : thick cushion used as a seat

    Synonyms : hassock,  ottoman,  pouf,  pouffe
Meaning 14 : a light inflated pastry or puff shell

Meaning 15 : exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)

Meaning 16 : make proud or conceited

    Example : The sudden fame puffed her ego

Meaning 17 : speak in a blustering or scornful manner

    Example : A puffing kind of man

How to Pronounce Puff

  • pəf


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