Definition of puff

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Puff (a.) Puffed up; vain.

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Blower :: Blower (n.) A small fish of the Atlantic coast (Tetrodon turgidus); the puffer.
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..
Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style..
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..
Inflation :: Inflation (n.) The state of being puffed up, as with pride; conceit; vanity..
Bepuffed :: Bepuffed (a.) Puffed; praised.
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..
Pubble :: Pubble (a.) Puffed out, pursy; pudgy; fat..
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.
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..
Chuffy :: Chuffy (a.) Fat or puffed out in the cheeks.
Huff :: Huff (v. t.) To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air..
Swell :: Swell (v. t.) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate; as, to be swelled with pride or haughtiness..
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..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light, as dough, and the like..
Balloon :: Balloon (v. i.) To expand, or puff out, like a balloon..
Puff :: Puff (a.) Puffed up; vain.
Effume :: Effume (v. t.) To breathe or puff out.
Puffingly :: Puffingly (adv.) In a puffing manner; with vehement breathing or shortness of breath; with exaggerated praise.
Puffing :: Puffing () a. & n. from Puff, v. i. & t..
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