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"puff" Meaning in English

1. thick cushion used as a seat

Part of speech : noun

Synonyms

ottoman , hassock , pouf , pouffe

2. blow hard and loudly

Part of speech : verb

Example : We huffed and puffed as we made our way up the mountain.

Synonyms

huff , chuff

3. to swell or cause to enlarge, 'Her faced puffed up from the drugs'

Part of speech : verb

Example : puffed out chests

Synonyms

puff up , puff out

4. gathered for protruding fullness

Part of speech : adjective

Example : puff sleeves

Synonyms

puffed

5. forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth

Part of speech : noun

Synonyms

blow

6. a slow inhalation, as of tobacco smoke

Part of speech : noun

Example : They took a puff on their pipe.

Synonyms

pull

7. a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers

Part of speech : noun

Synonyms

powderpuff

8. bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together

Part of speech : noun

Synonyms

comfort

9. a short light gust of air

Part of speech : noun

Synonyms

whiff

10. breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted

Part of speech : verb

Synonyms

heave

11. praise extravagantly

Part of speech : verb

Example : The critics puffed up this Broadway production

Synonyms

puff up

12. smoke and exhale strongly

Part of speech : verb

Example : puff a cigar

Synonyms

whiff

13. suck in or take (air)

Part of speech : verb

Synonyms

drag

14. exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)

Part of speech : noun

15. a light inflated pastry or puff shell

Part of speech : noun

16. speak in a blustering or scornful manner

Part of speech : verb

Example : A puffing kind of man

17. make proud or conceited

Part of speech : verb

Example : The sudden fame puffed their ego.

Translation for "puff"

puff meaning in Spanish : soplo

puff meaning in German : Puff

puff meaning in Russian : пыхтеть

puff meaning in Portuguese : sopro

puff meaning in Chinese : 噗

puff meaning in Japanese : パフ

puff meaning in Tamil : பஃப்

puff meaning in Arabic : نفخة

puff meaning in Turkish : puf

puff meaning in Hindi : कश

puff meaning in Telugu : పఫ్

puff meaning in French : bouffée

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