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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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..
Puff :: Puff (n.) To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
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..
Whiff :: Whiff (v. t.) To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff.
Puffer :: Puffer (n.) The common, or harbor, porpoise..
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..
Bloated :: Bloated (p. a.) Distended beyond the natural or usual size, as by the presence of water, serum, etc.; turgid; swollen; as, a bloated face. Also, puffed up with pride; pompous..
Whiff :: Whiff (v. i.) To emit whiffs, as of smoke; to puff..
Puffer :: Puffer (n.) A kier.
Puffingly :: Puffingly (adv.) In a puffing manner; with vehement breathing or shortness of breath; with exaggerated praise.
Coulterneb :: Coulterneb (n.) The puffin.
Blow :: Blow (v. t.) To inflate, as with pride; to puff up..
Whiffle :: Whiffle (v. t.) To disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to scatter..
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride..
Inflation :: Inflation (n.) The state of being puffed up, as with pride; conceit; vanity..
Hagdon :: Hagdon (n.) One of several species of sea birds of the genus Puffinus; esp., P. major, the greater shearwarter, and P. Stricklandi, the black hagdon or sooty shearwater; -- called also hagdown, haglin, and hag. See Shearwater..
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..
Puff :: Puff (n.) To blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at..
Balloon :: Balloon (v. i.) To expand, or puff out, like a balloon..
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..
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