Definition of puff

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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..

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Puffin :: Puffin (n.) A sort of apple.
Bloat :: Bloat (v. t.) To inflate; to puff up; to make vain.
Inflate :: Inflate (v. t.) Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity..
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..
Puffiness :: Puffiness (n.) The quality or state of being puffy.
Puff :: Puff (n.) An exaggerated or empty expression of praise, especially one in a public journal..
Vent :: Vent (v. i.) To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.
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..
Puffy :: Puffy (a.) Swelled with air, or any soft matter; tumid with a soft substance; bloated; fleshy; as, a puffy tumor..
Astrut :: Astrut (a. & adv.) Sticking out, or puffed out; swelling; in a swelling manner..
Huffy :: Huffy (a.) Puffed up; as, huffy bread..
Puff :: Puff (a.) Puffed up; vain.
Pluff :: Pluff (n.) A hairdresser's powder puff; also, the act of using it..
Elate :: Elate (v. t.) To exalt the spirit of; to fill with confidence or exultation; to elevate or flush with success; to puff up; to make proud.
Vol-au-vent :: Vol-au-vent (n.) A light puff paste, with a raised border, filled, after baking, usually with a ragout of fowl, game, or fish..
Tumefy :: Tumefy (v. t.) To swell; to cause to swell, or puff up..
Puffy :: Puffy (a.) Hence, inflated; bombastic; as, a puffy style..
Puffing :: Puffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Puf.
Puff :: Puff (v. t.) To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.
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..
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