Definition of puff

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Puff (v. t.) To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.

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Adder :: Adder (n.) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common European adder is the Vipera (/ Pelias) berus. The puff adders of Africa are species of Clotho.
Huff :: Huff (v. t.) To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air..
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..
Bloat :: Bloat (v. i.) To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell.
Bellied :: Bellied (a.) Having (such) a belly; puffed out; -- used in composition; as, pot-bellied; shad-bellied..
Puffery :: Puffery (n.) The act of puffing; bestowment of extravagant commendation.
Cat''s-paw :: Cat's-paw (n.) A light transitory air which ruffles the surface of the water during a calm, or the ripples made by such a puff of air..
Puff :: Puff (n.) To blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at..
Fuffy :: Fuffy (a.) Light; puffy.
Effume :: Effume (v. t.) To breathe or puff out.
Pluff :: Pluff (v. t.) To throw out, as smoke, dust, etc., in puffs..
Marrot :: Marrot (n.) The puffin.
Mormon :: Mormon (n.) A genus of sea birds, having a large, thick bill; the puffin..
Smoke :: Smoke (v. t.) To inhale and puff out the smoke of, as tobacco; to burn or use in smoking; as, to smoke a pipe or a cigar..
Puffin :: Puffin (n.) A sort of apple.
Fozy :: Fozy (a.) Spongy; soft; fat and puffy.
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..
Coulterneb :: Coulterneb (n.) The puffin.
Puckfist :: Puckfist (n.) A puffball.
Barbet :: Barbet (n.) A bird of the family Bucconidae, allied to the Cuckoos, having a large, conical beak swollen at the base, and bearded with five bunches of stiff bristles; the puff bird. It inhabits tropical America and Africa..
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