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Puff
pʌf
Puff definitions
verb
puff
puffed
puffing
puffs
- breathe in repeated short gasps
"exercises that make you puff"
- move with short, noisy breaths or bursts of air or steam
"the train came puffing in"
- smoke a pipe, cigarette, or cigar
"he puffed on his pipe contentedly"
- blow (dust, smoke, or a light object) with a quick breath or blast of air
"he puffed out smoke through his long cigarette holder"
- move through the air in short bursts
"his breath puffed out like white smoke"
- swell or become swollen
"he suddenly sucked his stomach in and puffed his chest out"
bulge swell (out) stick out distend belly (out) balloon (up/out) expand inflate enlarge distend stick out cause to swell cause to bulge belly (out) balloon (up/out) expand dilate inflate blow up pump up enlarge bloat- be conceited
"he was never puffed up about his writing"
- advertise with exaggerated or false praise
"publishers have puffed the book on the grounds that it contains new discoveries"