puff
41puff — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 of air/smoke/wind ADJECTIVE ▪ little, small, tiny PREPOSITION ▪ puff of ▪ a little puff of smoke …
42puff — /pʌf / (say puf) noun 1. a short, quick blast, as of wind or breath. 2. an abrupt emission of air, vapour, etc. 3. a single inhalation and exhalation, as of a cigarette. 4. the sound of an abrupt emission of air, etc. 5. a small quantity of… …
43puff — [[t]pʌf[/t]] n. 1) a short, quick blast or emission of air, smoke, vapor, etc 2) a small emission of vapor, smoke, etc 3) the sound of an emission of vapor, smoke, etc 4) cvb an act of inhaling and exhaling, as on a cigarette or pipe; whiff 5) an …
44puff up — verb 1. make larger or distend (Freq. 1) The estimates were puffed up • Hypernyms: ↑inflate, ↑blow up, ↑expand, ↑amplify • Verb Frames: Somebody s something …
45puff — puffingly, adv. /puf/, n. 1. a short, quick blast, as of wind or breath. 2. an abrupt emission of air, smoke, vapor, etc. 3. an act of inhaling and exhaling, as on a cigarette or pipe; whiff. 4. the sound of an abrupt emission of air, vapor, etc …
46puff — Synonyms and related words: Aqua Lung, Danish pastry, French pastry, PR, acknowledgment, add to, adulate, advertise, advertisement, advocate, aggrandize, amplify, apotheosize, appreciation, artificial respiration, aspiration, asthmatic wheeze,… …
47puff — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pyffan, of imitative origin Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a. (1) to blow in short gusts (2) to exhale forcibly b. to breathe hard ; pant …
48puff — I n. a powder puff II v. (d; intr.) to puff on (to puff on a pipe) * * * [pʌf] a powder puff (d; intr.) to puff on (to puff on a pipe) …
49puff — (puf) s. m. Tromperie de charlatan, annonce pour leurrer. • Le puff ou peuf comme disent nos voisins d outre mer.... le puff, nécessité si grande que le mot lui même, devenu français, a forcément conquis ses lettres de grande naturalisation ;… …
50Puff — Puff1 Sm Bordell std. vulg. (15. Jh.) Stammwort. Nach der Interjektion puff zunächst die Bedeutung Stoß , dann, offenbar vom Fallen der Würfel aus, auch Bezeichnung für ein Brettspiel mit Würfeln. Da solche Spiele in den alten Badehäusern… …
