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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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..
Baggy :: Baggy (a.) Resembling a bag; loose or puffed out, or pendent, like a bag; flabby; as, baggy trousers; baggy cheeks..
Yeast :: Yeast (n.) The foam, or troth (top yeast), or the sediment (bottom yeast), of beer or other in fermentation, which contains the yeast plant or its spores, and under certain conditions produces fermentation in saccharine or farinaceous substances; a preparation used for raising dough for bread or cakes, and making it light and puffy; barm; ferment..
Puff :: Puff (n.) A puffball.
Hognosesnake :: Hognosesnake () A harmless North American snake of the genus Heterodon, esp. H. platyrhynos; -- called also puffing adder, blowing adder, and sand viper..
Huff :: Huff (v. t.) To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air..
Balloon :: Balloon (v. i.) To expand, or puff out, like a balloon..
Vent :: Vent (v. i.) To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.
Fuff :: Fuff (v. t. & i.) To puff.
Blow :: Blow (v. i.) To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
Puff :: Puff (n.) a kind of light pastry.
Huffy :: Huffy (a.) Puffed up; as, huffy bread..
Puff :: Puff (v. t.) To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, or the like; -- often with up..
Puff :: Puff (n.) To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs..
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..
Puff :: Puff (n.) To breathe quick and hard, or with puffs, as after violent exertion..
Coulterneb :: Coulterneb (n.) The puffin.
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..
Puff :: Puff (a.) Puffed up; vain.
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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