Puff: English to English |
Puff (a.) Puffed up; vain. |
Puff (n.) a kind of light pastry. |
Puff (n.) A puffball. |
Puff (n.) A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff. |
Puff (n.) A utensil of the toilet for dusting the skin or hair with powder. |
Puff (n.) An exaggerated or empty expression of praise, especially one in a public journal. |
Puff (n.) Anything light and filled with air. |
Puff (n.) To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs. |
Puff (n.) To blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at. |
Puff (n.) To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance. |
Puff (n.) To breathe quick and hard, or with puffs, as after violent exertion. |
Puff (n.) To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated. |
Puff (v. t.) To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with puffs; -- often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air. |
Puff (v. t.) To drive with a puff, or with puffs. |
Puff (v. t.) To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, or the like; -- often with up. |
Puff (v. t.) To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly. |
Puff (v. t.) To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously. |