Definition of Puff

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Definition of Puff

Puff

A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff.

Anything light and filled with air.

A puffball.

a kind of light pastry.

A utensil of the toilet for dusting the skin or hair with powder.

An exaggerated or empty expression of praise, especially one in a public journal.

To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs.

To blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at.

To breathe quick and hard, or with puffs, as after violent exertion.

To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.

To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.

To drive with a puff, or with puffs.

To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.

To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with puffs; -- often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air.

To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, or the like; -- often with up.

To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.

Puffed up; vain.

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Puff Quotations

This whole Puff Daddy thing has taken a toll on me.
Puff Daddy

I learned how music works dealing with Jermaine Dupri, and I learned how image works dealing with Puff Daddy.
Usher Raymond

I was addicted to marijuana. I would have to have a puff off a joint before every take. I'd run out to the bathroom and come back.
Dyan Cannon

Their spirits and their visions are embodied in their craft. And so is mine. It's not Jane Saw Puff. But the clarity of Jane Saw Puff is precious to me.
Sharon Olds

The real Mary Poppins got lost when Hollywood turned her into a cream puff.
Anita Diament

When I came out rapping on my record, a lot of people said, Oh, you just want to be like Puff.
Jermaine Dupri

The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling?
Saint Aurelius Augustine

People think when you get a record deal all your problems will go away. We know that the bigger we get, the more problems we'll have. I guess Puff Daddy was somewhat - what's the word? - prophetic in that respect.
Brad Delson

We didn't see what happened after mortars landed, only the puff of smoke. There were horrors that were completely left out of this war. So was this journalism? Or was this coverage?
Ashleigh Banfield

My opponent called me a cream puff. Well, I rushed out and got the baker's union to endorse me.
Claiborne Pell

Puff Translations

puff in Dutch is pof, poef
puff in French is souffle
puff in German is Hauch
puff in Italian is alito
puff in Portuguese is sopro
puff in Spanish is bollo esponjado

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