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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Porpoise :: Porpoise (n.) Any small cetacean of the genus Phocaena, especially P. communis, or P. phocaena, of Europe, and the closely allied American species (P. Americana). The color is dusky or blackish above, paler beneath. They are closely allied to the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also harbor porpoise, herring hag, puffing pig, and snuffer..
Auk :: Auk (n.) A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae. The great auk, now extinct, is Alca (/ Plautus) impennis. The razor-billed auk is A. torda. See Puffin, Guillemot, and Murre..
Tumefy :: Tumefy (v. t.) To swell; to cause to swell, or puff up..
Whiff :: Whiff (v. i.) To emit whiffs, as of smoke; to puff..
Peridium :: Peridium (n.) The envelope or coat of certain fungi, such as the puffballs and earthstars..
Puffin :: Puffin (n.) The puffball.
Puffer :: Puffer (n.) Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the species of Tetrodon and Diodon; -- called also blower, puff-fish, swellfish, and globefish..
Fuff :: Fuff (v. t. & i.) To puff.
Adder :: Adder (n.) In America, the term is commonly applied to several harmless snakes, as the milk adder, puffing adder, etc..
Puff :: Puff (n.) To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs..
Bellied :: Bellied (a.) Having (such) a belly; puffed out; -- used in composition; as, pot-bellied; shad-bellied..
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..
Purse-proud :: Purse-proud (a.) Affected with purse pride; puffed up with the possession of riches.
Puff :: Puff (n.) To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
Puff :: Puff (n.) a kind of light pastry.
Blub :: Blub (v. t. & i.) To swell; to puff out, as with weeping..
Puffery :: Puffery (n.) The act of puffing; bestowment of extravagant commendation.
Boln :: Boln (v. i.) To swell; to puff.
Rat :: Rat (n.) A round and tapering mass of hair, or similar material, used by women to support the puffs and rolls of their natural hair..
Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style..
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