puff
Meanings
- a short light gust of air
- a light inflated pastry or puff shell
- exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
- bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
- a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin
- thick cushion used as a seat
- a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke);
- "he took a puff on his pipe"
- forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth;
- "he blew out all the candles with a single puff"
- smoke and exhale strongly;
- "puff a cigar"
- suck in or take (air);
- breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted;
- make proud or conceited;
- "The sudden fame puffed her ego"
- praise extravagantly;
- "The critics puffed up this Broadway production"
- speak in a blustering or scornful manner;
- "A puffing kind of man"
- to swell or cause to enlarge,
- "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
- "puffed out chests"
- blow hard and loudly;
- "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"
- gathered for protruding fullness;
- "puff sleeves"
- PUFF v -ED, -ING, -S to blow in short gusts
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 12
puff is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordpuff is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
puff is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
puff is a valid Words With Friends word