Definition of puff

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Puff (n.) To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance..

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Puffing :: Puffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Puf.
Puff :: Puff (n.) To blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at..
Puffing :: Puffing () a. & n. from Puff, v. i. & t..
Whiff :: Whiff (v. t.) To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff; to puff or blow away..
Puff :: Puff (n.) An exaggerated or empty expression of praise, especially one in a public journal..
Peridium :: Peridium (n.) The envelope or coat of certain fungi, such as the puffballs and earthstars..
Whisk :: Whisk (n.) The act of whisking; a rapid, sweeping motion, as of something light; a sudden motion or quick puff..
Coulterneb :: Coulterneb (n.) The puffin.
Shearwater :: Shearwater (n.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged oceanic birds of the genus Puffinus and related genera. They are allied to the petrels, but are larger. The Manx shearwater (P. Anglorum), the dusky shearwater (P. obscurus), and the greater shearwater (P. major), are well-known species of the North Atlantic. See Hagdon..
Pluff :: Pluff (n.) A puff, as of smoke from a pipe, or of dust from a puffball; a slight explosion, as of a small quantity of gunpowder..
Puffball :: Puffball (n.) A kind of ball-shaped fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum, and other species of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when ripe; -- called also bullfist, bullfice, puckfist, puff, and puffin..
Puff :: 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..
Bottle-nose :: Bottle-nose (n.) The puffin.
Bloat :: Bloat (v. t.) To inflate; to puff up; to make vain.
Puffin :: Puffin (n.) An arctic sea bird Fratercula arctica) allied to the auks, and having a short, thick, swollen beak, whence the name; -- called also bottle nose, cockandy, coulterneb, marrot, mormon, pope, and sea parrot..
Vent :: Vent (v. i.) To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.
Whiff :: Whiff (n.) A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or slight gust, as of air or smoke..
Lycoperdon :: Lycoperdon (n.) A genus of fungi, remarkable for the great quantity of spores, forming a fine dust, which is thrown out like smoke when the plant is compressed or burst; puffball..
Fozy :: Fozy (a.) Spongy; soft; fat and puffy.
Huffy :: Huffy (a.) Puffed up; as, huffy bread..
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