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Puff

noun
/pʌf/
Word Frequency: 1.5

Definitions

1.nounThe product of flatulence, or the sound of breaking wind.
2.nounA male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
3.nounA sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.
4.nounThe ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.
"out of puff"
5.nounA small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.
"puff of smoke"
6.nounA sudden gust.
7.nounAn act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe.
8.nounA flamboyant or alluring statement of praise.
9.nounA puffer, one who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at auction to bid up the price; an act or scam of that type.
10.nounA puffball.
11.nounA powder puff.
12.nounThe drug cannabis.
13.nounA light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc.
"cream puff"
14.nounLife.
15.nounA portion of fabric gathered up so as to be left full in the middle.
"a sleeve with a puff at the shoulder"
16.nounA region of a chromosome exhibiting a local increase in diameter.

Synonyms

cream puffpastrydragwindpuff uppuff outpantgaspblowhuffblow upwhiff

Rhymes With

chuffgruffroughbufftoughsloughbluffsnuff
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