puff
1. [ verb ] smoke and exhale strongly
Synonyms: whiff
Examples:

"puff a cigar" "whiff a pipe"

Related terms: smoke
2. [ verb ] suck in or take, as of air
Synonyms: draw drag
Examples:

"draw a deep breath" draw on a cigarette"

Related terms: inhale smoke
3. [ verb ] breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
Synonyms: gasp pant heave
Examples:

"The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"

Related terms: blow gasp panting huffing
4. [ noun ] bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
Synonyms: quilt comforter
Related terms: bedclothes eiderdown patchwork comfort
5. [ noun ] exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
Related terms: recommendation
6. [ noun ] a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
Synonyms: pull drag
Examples:

"he took a puff on his pipe" "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly"

Related terms: inhalation toke smoke
7. [ adjective ] gathered for protruding fullness
Synonyms: puffed
Examples:

"puff sleeves"

Related terms: fancy
8. [ verb ] blow hard and loudly
Synonyms: chuff huff
Examples:

"he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"

Related terms: blow huffing
9. [ verb ] to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
Synonyms: puff_up puff_out blow_up
Related terms: swell puffer
10. [ verb ] speak in a blustering or scornful manner
Examples:

"A puffing kind of man"

Related terms: boast
11. [ verb ] praise extravagantly
Synonyms: puff_up
Examples:

"The critics puffed up this Broadway production"

Related terms: praise
12. [ noun ] (chemistry,food) a light inflated pastry or puff shell
Related terms: pastry cream_puff
13. [ verb ] make proud or conceited
Examples:

"The sudden fame puffed her ego"

Related terms: elate
14. [ noun ] (meteorology) a short light gust of air
Synonyms: whiff puff_of_air
Related terms: gust whiff
15. [ noun ] a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin
Synonyms: powderpuff
Related terms: pad
16. [ noun ] (housing) thick cushion used as a seat
Synonyms: pouf pouffe hassock ottoman
Related terms: seat
17. [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 19483
18. [ noun ] forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
Synonyms: blow
Examples:

"he gave his nose a loud blow" "he blew out all the candles with a single puff"

Related terms: exhalation insufflation blow blow blow
Similar spelling:   puffy
  pup
  pub
  pupa