Puff - English meaning
Puff – definitions in English dictionary
nounA short, explosive burst of breath or wind.
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A puff of wind swung the weathercock roundnounA light pastry case, typically one made of puff pastry, containing a sweet or savoury filling.
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A jam puffnounA review of a work of art, book, or theatrical production, especially an excessively complimentary one.
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The publishers sent him a copy of the book hoping for a puffnounA gathered mass of material in a dress or other garment.
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Anyways, this sleeves of this dress are examples of ‘deflated puffs.’nounA powder puff.
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She sent her a box of dusting powder with a swansdown puff
verbBreathe in repeated short gasps.
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Exercises that make you puffverbSwell or become swollen.
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He suddenly sucked his stomach in and puffed his chest outverbAdvertise with exaggerated or false praise.
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Publishers have puffed the book on the grounds that it contains new discoveries
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Word origin
Middle English: imitative of the sound of a breath, perhaps from Old English pyf (noun), pyffan (verb).
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