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pəf
pēf
/pˈʌf/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "puff"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϟāĻžāύāĻž, āϧ⧋āρāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

to inhale and exhale smoke from a pipe, cigarette, or cigar
Intransitive: to puff on an smoking implement
to puff definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She took a deep drag and began to puff on her cigar.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ āϟāĻžāύ āύāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻ—āĻžāϰ āϟāĻžāύāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻšāĻžāρāĻĒāĻžāύ⧋, āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to breathe in short, quick gasps with effort or exertion
Intransitive
to puff definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He puffed in short bursts, trying to calm his racing heart after the sprint.
āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§ƒāĻĻāϝāĻŧ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏ⧇ āϛ⧋āϟ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻĢ⧁āρāϕ⧇ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āύāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĢ⧁āρ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āωāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to blow dust, smoke, or a light object away with a quick burst of air
Transitive: to puff air or particles somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The wind puffed the light leaves across the yard.
āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ āĻšāĻžāϞāĻ•āĻž āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻžāϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϕ⧇ āωāĻ ā§‹āύ āϜ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĢ⧁āϞ⧇ āωāĻ āĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to expand or become larger, often due to air, pressure, or a change in shape
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bread dough began to puff as it rose in the warm oven.
āωāĻˇā§āĻŖ āĻ“āϭ⧇āύ⧇ āωāĻ āϤ⧇ āωāĻ āϤ⧇ āϰ⧁āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻĻāĻž āĻĢ⧁āϞ⧇ āωāĻ āϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻ⧇āĻŽāĻžāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž

to speak or behave in a boastful, arrogant, or overly self-important way
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He puffed in front of his friends, pretending to know more than he really did.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ…āĻšāĻ‚āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āφāϏāϞ⧇ āϝāϤāϟāĻž āϜāĻžāύāϤ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϚāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻ‚āϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to promote or publicize something with excessive or misleading praise
Transitive: to puff a product or achievement
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They puffed the restaurant's menu, making it sound like a gourmet experience.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϰ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧋āϰāĻžāρāϰ āĻŽā§‡āύ⧁āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ—ā§ŒāϰāĻŽā§‡āϟ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻļā§‹āύāĻžāϤ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĢ⧁āϞāĻžāύ⧋, āĻ…āĻšāĻ‚āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause someone to become excessively proud or self-important
Transitive: to puff sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The way they treated him after the award puffed his sense of self-worth.
āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϝ⧇ āφāϚāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϤāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻŦā§‹āϧ āĻĢ⧁āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϞ⧇āĻĒ, āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻŦāϞ

bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
puff definition and meaning
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āϟāĻžāύ, āϧ⧋āρāϝāĻŧāĻž āϟāĻžāύāĻž

a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
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āĻĢ⧁āρ, āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ

forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
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āĻĒāĻžāĻĢ, āĻĒāĻžāωāĻĄāĻžāϰ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻŦā§āϰāĻžāĻļ

a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin
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āĻŽā§‹āϟāĻž āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ—āĻĻāĻŋ

thick cushion used as a seat
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āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻ‚āϏāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϚāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻ‚āϏāĻž

exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϞāĻ•āĻž āĻĢā§‹āϞāĻžāύ⧋ āĻĒ⧇āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻĢ āĻļ⧇āϞ

a light inflated pastry or puff shell
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āĻāĻžāĻĒāϟāĻž, āĻšāĻžāϞāĻ•āĻž āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻāĻžāĻĒāϟāĻž

a short light gust of air
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āĻĢā§‹āϞāĻž, āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧋āϞāĻŋāϤ

gathered for protruding fullness

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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