puff
1. a short light gust of air
• Syn:
puff of air, whiff
• Derivationally related forms:
whiff (for: whiff), puffy
• Hypernyms:
gust, blast, blow
2. a light inflated pastry or puff shell
• Hypernyms:
pastry
• Hyponyms:
cream puff, chou
3. exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
• Hypernyms:
recommendation, testimonial, good word
4. a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers;
for applying powder to the skin
• Syn:
powderpuff
• Hypernyms:
pad
5. thick cushion used as a seat
• Syn:
ottoman, pouf, pouffe, hassock
• Hypernyms:
seat
6. 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
• Syn:
drag, pull
• Derivationally related forms:
drag (for: drag)
• Hypernyms:
inhalation, inspiration, aspiration, intake, breathing in
• Hyponyms:
toke
• Part Holonyms:
smoke, smoking
7. bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
• Syn:
quilt, comforter, comfort
• Derivationally related forms:
comfort (for: comfort), comfort (for: comforter), quilt (for: quilt)
• Hypernyms:
bedclothes, bed clothing, bedding
• Hyponyms:
eiderdown, duvet, continental quilt, patchwork, patchwork quilt
8. forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
- he gave his nose a loud blow
- he blew out all the candles with a single puff
• Syn:
blow
• Derivationally related forms:
blow (for: blow)
• Hypernyms:
exhalation, expiration, breathing out
• Hyponyms:
insufflation
1. smoke and exhale strongly (Freq. 2)
- puff a cigar
- whiff a pipe
• Syn:
whiff
• Derivationally related forms:
puffing
• Hypernyms:
smoke
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted (Freq. 1)
- The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily
• Syn:
pant, gasp, heave
• Derivationally related forms:
heaving (for: heave), gasp (for: gasp), puffing, pant (for: pant), panting (for: pant)
• Hypernyms:
blow
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
3. suck in or take (air) (Freq. 1)
- draw a deep breath
- draw on a cigarette
• Syn:
drag, draw
• Derivationally related forms:
drag (for: drag)
• Hypernyms:
inhale, inspire, breathe in
• Entailment:
smoke
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
4. make proud or conceited
- The sudden fame puffed her ego
• Hypernyms:
elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
5. praise extravagantly
- The critics puffed up this Broadway production
• Syn:
puff up
• Hypernyms:
praise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
6. speak in a blustering or scornful manner
- A puffing kind of man
• Hypernyms:
boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag,
gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
7. blow hard and loudly
- he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain
• Syn:
huff, chuff
• Derivationally related forms:
huffing (for: huff), puffing
• Hypernyms:
blow
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
8. to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
- puffed out chests
• Syn:
puff up, blow up, puff out
• Derivationally related forms:
puffer
• Hypernyms:
swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Did his feet puff?
gathered for protruding fullness
- puff sleeves
• Syn:
puffed
• Similar to:
fancy
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