Definition of puff

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

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Puff-leg :: Puff-leg (n.) Any one of numerous species of beautiful humming birds of the genus Eriocnemis having large tufts of downy feathers on the legs.
Puckfist :: Puckfist (n.) A puffball.
Turgent :: Turgent (a.) Rising into a tumor, or a puffy state; swelling; tumid; as, turgent humors..
Whiff :: Whiff (v. t.) To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff.
Bellied :: Bellied (a.) Having (such) a belly; puffed out; -- used in composition; as, pot-bellied; shad-bellied..
Puff :: Puff (n.) Anything light and filled with air.
Puff :: Puff (n.) To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs..
Pluff :: Pluff (v. t.) To throw out, as smoke, dust, etc., in puffs..
Purse-proud :: Purse-proud (a.) Affected with purse pride; puffed up with the possession of riches.
Puff :: Puff (v. t.) To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.
Swelling :: Swellfish (n.) Any plectognath fish that dilates itself, as the bur fish, puffer, or diodon..
Puff :: Puff (n.) a kind of light pastry.
Puff :: Puff (v. t.) To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with puffs; -- often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air..
Blown :: Blown (p. p. & a.) Swollen; inflated; distended; puffed up, as cattle when gorged with green food which develops gas..
Bloated :: Bloated (p. a.) Distended beyond the natural or usual size, as by the presence of water, serum, etc.; turgid; swollen; as, a bloated face. Also, puffed up with pride; pompous..
Hognosesnake :: Hognosesnake () A harmless North American snake of the genus Heterodon, esp. H. platyrhynos; -- called also puffing adder, blowing adder, and sand viper..
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride..
Puffer :: Puffer (n.) The common, or harbor, porpoise..
Sea Pad :: Sea pad () The puffin.
Bloat :: Bloat (v. i.) To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell.
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