Definition of puff

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Puff (v. t.) To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, or the like; -- often with up..

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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..
Inflation :: Inflation (n.) The state of being puffed up, as with pride; conceit; vanity..
Puffiness :: Puffiness (n.) The quality or state of being puffy.
Vain :: Vain (superl.) Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated..
Unarm :: Unarm (v. i.) To puff off, or lay down, one's arms or armor..
Vent :: Vent (v. i.) To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.
Swelling :: Swellfish (n.) Any plectognath fish that dilates itself, as the bur fish, puffer, or diodon..
Puff :: Puff (n.) To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs..
Balloon :: Balloon (v. i.) To expand, or puff out, like a balloon..
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..
Blow :: Blow (v. i.) To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
Whiffle :: Whiffle (v. t.) To disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to scatter..
Purse-proud :: Purse-proud (a.) Affected with purse pride; puffed up with the possession of riches.
Willock :: Willock (n.) The puffin.
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..
Bepuffed :: Bepuffed (a.) Puffed; praised.
Baggy :: Baggy (a.) Resembling a bag; loose or puffed out, or pendent, like a bag; flabby; as, baggy trousers; baggy cheeks..
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.
Astrut :: Astrut (a. & adv.) Sticking out, or puffed out; swelling; in a swelling manner..
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