puff

• n.
  • a short light gust of air

    同义词： puff of air whiff

  • a light inflated pastry or puff shell
  • exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
  • bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together

    同义词： quilt comforter

  • a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin

    同义词： powderpuff

  • thick cushion used as a seat

    同义词： ottoman pouf pouffe hassock

  • a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)

    "he took a puff on his pipe"

    同义词： drag pull

  • forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth

    "he blew out all the candles with a single puff"

    同义词： blow

• v.
  • smoke and exhale strongly

    "puff a cigar"

    同义词： whiff

  • suck in or take (air)

    同义词： drag draw

  • breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted

    同义词： pant gasp heave

  • make proud or conceited

    "The sudden fame puffed her ego"

  • praise extravagantly

    "The critics puffed up this Broadway production"

    同义词： puff up

  • speak in a blustering or scornful manner

    "A puffing kind of man"

  • to swell or cause to enlarge,

    "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests"

    同义词： puff up blow up puff out

  • blow hard and loudly

    "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"

    同义词： huff chuff

• adj. gathered for protruding fullness

  "puff sleeves"

  同义词： puffed

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