puff | (adjective) gathered for protruding fullness | Synonyms: puffed |
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(noun) a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke) | Synonyms: drag, pull |
(noun) forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth | Synonyms: blow |
(noun) bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together | Synonyms: comfort, comforter, quilt |
(noun) a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin | Synonyms: powderpuff |
(noun) thick cushion used as a seat | Synonyms: hassock, ottoman, pouf, pouffe |
(noun) exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes) | - |
(noun) a light inflated pastry or puff shell | - |
(noun) a short light gust of air | Synonyms: puff of air, whiff |
(verb) breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted | Synonyms: gasp, heave, pant |
(verb) blow hard and loudly | Synonyms: chuff, huff |
(verb) to swell or cause to enlarge | Synonyms: blow up, puff out, puff up |
(verb) speak in a blustering or scornful manner | - |
(verb) praise extravagantly | Synonyms: puff up |
(verb) suck in or take (air) | Synonyms: drag, draw |
(verb) smoke and exhale strongly | Synonyms: whiff |
(verb) make proud or conceited | - |
puffball | (noun) any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature | Synonyms: true puffball |
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(noun) any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles | Synonyms: earthball, false truffle, hard-skinned puffball |
puffbird | (noun) brownish tropical American bird having a large head with fluffed out feathers | - |
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puffed | (adjective) gathered for protruding fullness | Synonyms: puff |
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puffer | (noun) any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers | Synonyms: blowfish, globefish, pufferfish |
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(noun) delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver | Synonyms: blowfish, pufferfish, sea squab |
pufferfish | (noun) any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers | Synonyms: blowfish, globefish, puffer |
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(noun) delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver | Synonyms: blowfish, puffer, sea squab |
puffery | (noun) a flattering commendation (especially when used for promotional purposes) | - |
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puffin | (noun) any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills | - |
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puffiness | (noun) lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity | Synonyms: inflation, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, splashiness |
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(noun) an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement | Synonyms: lump, swelling |
puffing | (noun) an act of forcible exhalation | Synonyms: huffing, snorting |
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(noun) blowing tobacco smoke out into the air | - |
puffy | (adjective) being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing | Synonyms: bouffant |
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(adjective) blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts | Synonyms: gusty |
(adjective) abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas | Synonyms: bloated, distended, intumescent, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid |