puff

Adjective

• gathered for protruding fullness
  • puff sleeves
    

Noun

• forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
  • he gave his nose a loud blow
    
  • he blew out all the candles with a single puff
    

• a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
  • he took a puff on his pipe
    
  • he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly
    

• thick cushion used as a seat

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

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

• exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)

• a light inflated pastry or puff shell

• a short light gust of air

Verb

• blow hard and loudly
  • he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain
    

• to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
  • puffed out chests
    

• speak in a blustering or scornful manner
  • A puffing kind of man
    

• praise extravagantly
  • The critics puffed up this Broadway production
    

• make proud or conceited
  • The sudden fame puffed her ego
    

• breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
  • The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily
    

• suck in or take (air)
  • draw a deep breath
    
  • draw on a cigarette
    

• smoke and exhale strongly
  • puff a cigar
    
  • whiff a pipe
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  puffed , blow , drag , pull , ottoman , pouf , pouffe , hassock , powderpuff , quilt , comforter , comfort , puff of air , whiff , huff , chuff , puff up , blow up , puff out , pant , gasp , heave , draw