Definition of puff

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Puff (v. t.) To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with puffs; -- often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air..

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Turgent :: Turgent (a.) Rising into a tumor, or a puffy state; swelling; tumid; as, turgent humors..
Whiff :: Whiff (v. t.) To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff.
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..
Puckfist :: Puckfist (n.) A puffball.
Blower :: Blower (n.) A small fish of the Atlantic coast (Tetrodon turgidus); the puffer.
Efflation :: Efflation (n.) The act of filling with wind; a breathing or puffing out; a puff, as of wind..
Whiff :: Whiff (v. i.) To emit whiffs, as of smoke; to puff..
Puffball :: Puffball (n.) A kind of ball-shaped fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum, and other species of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when ripe; -- called also bullfist, bullfice, puckfist, puff, and puffin..
Blub :: Blub (v. t. & i.) To swell; to puff out, as with weeping..
Puffin :: Puffin (n.) An arctic sea bird Fratercula arctica) allied to the auks, and having a short, thick, swollen beak, whence the name; -- called also bottle nose, cockandy, coulterneb, marrot, mormon, pope, and sea parrot..
Puff :: Puff (n.) a kind of light pastry.
Puff :: Puff (v. t.) To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with puffs; -- often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air..
Lunt :: Lunt (n.) A puff of smoke.
Fozy :: Fozy (a.) Spongy; soft; fat and puffy.
Bloat :: Bloat (v. i.) To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell.
Puff :: Puff (v. t.) To drive with a puff, or with puffs..
Hognosesnake :: Hognosesnake () A harmless North American snake of the genus Heterodon, esp. H. platyrhynos; -- called also puffing adder, blowing adder, and sand viper..
Puff-legged :: Puff-legged (a.) Having a conspicuous tuft of feathers on the legs.
Whiff :: Whiff (n.) A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or slight gust, as of air or smoke..
Mormon :: Mormon (n.) A genus of sea birds, having a large, thick bill; the puffin..
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