| puff | | |
| n. (phenomenon) | 1. puff, puff of air, whiff | a short light gust of air. |
| ~ gust, blast, blow | a strong current of air.; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust" |
| n. (food) | 2. puff | a light inflated pastry or puff shell. |
| ~ pastry | any of various baked foods made of dough or batter. |
| ~ cream puff, chou | puff filled with cream or custard. |
| n. (communication) | 3. puff | exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes). |
| ~ good word, recommendation, testimonial | something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. comfort, comforter, puff, quilt | bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together. |
| ~ bed clothing, bedclothes, bedding | coverings that are used on a bed. |
| ~ continental quilt, duvet, eiderdown | a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider. |
| ~ patchwork quilt, patchwork | a quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. powderpuff, puff | a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin. |
| ~ pad | a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. hassock, ottoman, pouf, pouffe, puff | thick cushion used as a seat. |
| ~ seat | furniture that is designed for sitting on.; "there were not enough seats for all the guests" |
| n. (act) | 7. drag, puff, pull | 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" |
| ~ smoking, smoke | the act of smoking tobacco or other substances.; "he went outside for a smoke"; "smoking stinks" |
| ~ breathing in, inhalation, intake, aspiration, inspiration | the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing. |
| ~ toke | a puff of a marijuana or hashish cigarette.; "the boys took a few tokes on a joint" |
| n. (act) | 8. blow, puff | forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth.; "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff" |
| ~ breathing out, exhalation, expiration | the act of expelling air from the lungs. |
| ~ insufflation | an act of blowing or breathing on or into something. |
| v. (consumption) | 9. puff, whiff | smoke and exhale strongly.; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe" |
| ~ smoke | inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes.; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?" |
| v. (consumption) | 10. drag, draw, puff | suck in or take (air).; "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette" |
| ~ breathe in, inhale, inspire | draw in (air).; "Inhale deeply"; "inhale the fresh mountain air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well" |
| ~ smoke | inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes.; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?" |
| v. (body) | 11. gasp, heave, pant, puff | breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted.; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily" |
| ~ blow | exhale hard.; "blow on the soup to cool it down" |
| v. (emotion) | 12. puff | make proud or conceited.; "The sudden fame puffed her ego" |
| ~ elate, intoxicate, uplift, lift up, pick up | fill with high spirits; fill with optimism.; "Music can uplift your spirits" |
| v. (communication) | 13. puff, puff up | praise extravagantly.; "The critics puffed up this Broadway production" |
| ~ praise | express approval of.; "The parents praised their children for their academic performance" |
| v. (communication) | 14. puff | speak in a blustering or scornful manner.; "A puffing kind of man" |
| ~ boast, brag, gasconade, shoot a line, vaunt, bluster, gas, tout, swash, blow | show off. |
| v. (change) | 15. blow up, puff, puff out, puff up | to swell or cause to enlarge,.; "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests" |
| ~ swell up, tumesce, intumesce, tumefy, swell | expand abnormally.; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling" |
| v. (body) | 16. chuff, huff, puff | blow hard and loudly.; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain" |
| ~ blow | exhale hard.; "blow on the soup to cool it down" |
| adj. | 17. puff, puffed | gathered for protruding fullness.; "puff sleeves" |
| ~ fancy | not plain; decorative or ornamented.; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes" |
| whiff | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. whiff | a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil. |
| ~ lefteye flounder, lefteyed flounder | flatfishes with both eyes on the left side of the head. |
| ~ citharichthys, genus citharichthys | a genus of Bothidae. |
| ~ citharichthys cornutus, horned whiff | a whiff found in waters from the Bahamas and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. |
| n. (act) | 2. whiff | a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike. |
| ~ strikeout | an out resulting from the batter getting three strikes. |
| v. (perception) | 3. sniff, whiff | perceive by inhaling through the nose.; "sniff the perfume" |
| ~ smell | inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense. |
| v. (motion) | 4. whiff | drive or carry as if by a puff of air.; "The gust of air whiffed away the clouds" |
| ~ blow | cause to move by means of an air current.; "The wind blew the leaves around in the yard" |
| v. (contact) | 5. whiff | strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third. |
| ~ baseball, baseball game | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs.; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" |
| ~ strike out | put out or be put out by a strikeout.; "Oral struck out three batters to close the inning" |
| v. (communication) | 6. whiff | utter with a puff of air.; "whiff out a prayer" |
| ~ mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter | express in speech.; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" |
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