Definition of puff

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Puff (v. t.) To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.

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Tomnoddy :: Tomnoddy (n.) A sea bird, the puffin..
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..
Marrot :: Marrot (n.) The puffin.
Bepuffed :: Bepuffed (a.) Puffed; praised.
Bloat :: Bloat (v. t.) To inflate; to puff up; to make vain.
Bellied :: Bellied (a.) Having (such) a belly; puffed out; -- used in composition; as, pot-bellied; shad-bellied..
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..
Swell :: Swell (v. t.) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate; as, to be swelled with pride or haughtiness..
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..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light, as dough, and the like..
Puff :: Puff (n.) To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
Balloon :: Balloon (v. i.) To expand, or puff out, like a balloon..
Bloat :: Bloat (v. i.) To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell.
Blown :: Blown (p. p. & a.) Swollen; inflated; distended; puffed up, as cattle when gorged with green food which develops gas..
Puff-legged :: Puff-legged (a.) Having a conspicuous tuft of feathers on the legs.
Puffy :: Puffy (a.) Swelled with air, or any soft matter; tumid with a soft substance; bloated; fleshy; as, a puffy tumor..
Puffin :: Puffin (n.) The puffball.
Fuff :: Fuff (v. t. & i.) To puff.
Puffer :: Puffer (n.) One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant commendation.
Puff :: Puff (n.) An exaggerated or empty expression of praise, especially one in a public journal..
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