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A short light gust of air |
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A light inflated pastry or puff shell |
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Exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes) |
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Bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together |
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A soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers For applying powder to the skin |
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Thick cushion used as a seat |
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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 |
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Forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth He gave his nose a loud blow He blew out all the candles with a single puff |
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Smoke and exhale strongly Puff a cigar Whiff a pipe |
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Suck in or take (air) Draw a deep breath Draw on a cigarette |
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Breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted The runners reached the finish line |
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Panting heavily |
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Make proud or conceited The sudden fame puffed her ego |
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Praise extravagantly The critics puffed up this Broadway production |
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Speak in a blustering or scornful manner A puffing kind of man |
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To swell or cause to enlarge, Her faced puffed up from the drugs Puffed out chests |
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Blow hard and loudly He huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain |
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Gathered for protruding fullness Puff sleeves |
adj | puffed, fancy |
noun | puff of air, whiff, gust, blast, blow |
noun | pastry |
noun | recommendation, testimonial, good word
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noun | quilt, comforter, bedclothes, bed clothing, bedding |
noun | powderpuff, pad |
noun | ottoman, pouf, pouffe, hassock, seat |
noun | drag, pull, inhalation, inspiration, aspiration, breathing in
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noun | blow, exhalation, expiration, breathing out
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verb | whiff, smoke |
verb | drag, draw, inhale, inspire, breathe in
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verb | pant, gasp, heave, blow |
verb | elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate |
verb | puff up, praise |
verb | boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade |
verb | puff up, blow up, puff out, swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce |
verb | huff, chuff, blow |