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puff

adjective
  1. gathered for protruding fullness
    “puff sleeves”
    puffed
noun
  1. forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
    blow
  2. a slow inhalation, as of tobacco smoke
    “They took a puff on their pipe.”
    pull
  3. thick cushion used as a seat
    ottomanhassockpoufpouffe
  4. a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers
    powderpuff
  5. bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
    comfort
  6. exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
  7. a light inflated pastry or puff shell
  8. a short light gust of air
    whiff
verb
  1. breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
    heave
  2. blow hard and loudly
    “We huffed and puffed as we made our way up the mountain.”
    huffchuff
  3. to swell or cause to enlarge, 'Her faced puffed up from the drugs'
    “puffed out chests”
    puff uppuff out
  4. speak in a blustering or scornful manner
    “A puffing kind of man”
  5. praise extravagantly
    “The critics puffed up this Broadway production”
    puff up
  6. smoke and exhale strongly
    “puff a cigar”
    whiff
  7. suck in or take (air)
    drag
  8. make proud or conceited
    “The sudden fame puffed their ego.”