Dictionary Entry
puff
puff is a 4-letter English word with 34 senses as noun, transitive verb, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 34 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff.
- 2noun
Anything light and filled with air.
- 3noun
A puffball.
- 4noun
a kind of light pastry.
- 5noun
A utensil of the toilet for dusting the skin or hair with powder.
- 6noun
An exaggerated or empty expression of praise, especially one in a public journal.
- 7noun
To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs.
- 8noun
To blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at.
- 9noun
To breathe quick and hard, or with puffs, as after violent exertion.
- 10noun
To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
- 11noun
To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
- 12transitive verb
To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
- 13transitive verb
To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
- 14transitive verb
To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with puffs; -- often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air.
- 15transitive verb
To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, or the like; -- often with up.
- 16transitive verb
To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.
- 17adjective
Puffed up; vain.
- 18noun
forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
"he gave his nose a loud blow"
"he blew out all the candles with a single puff"
Synonyms
- 19noun
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"
- 20noun
thick cushion used as a seat
- 21noun
a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin
Synonyms
- 22noun
bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
- 23noun
exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
- 24noun
a light inflated pastry or puff shell
- 25noun
a short light gust of air
Synonyms
- 26verb
breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
"The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"
- 27verb
blow hard and loudly
"he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"
- 28verb
to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
"puffed out chests"
- 29verb
speak in a blustering or scornful manner
"A puffing kind of man"
- 30verb
praise extravagantly
"The critics puffed up this Broadway production"
- 31verb
smoke and exhale strongly
"puff a cigar"
"whiff a pipe"
Synonyms
- 32verb
suck in or take (air)
"draw a deep breath"
"draw on a cigarette"
- 33verb
make proud or conceited
"The sudden fame puffed her ego"
- 34adjective
gathered for protruding fullness
"puff sleeves"
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