puff
51puff — noun 1》 a short burst of breath or wind. ↘a small quantity of vapour or smoke emitted in one blast. ↘an act of drawing quickly on a pipe, cigarette, or cigar. ↘Brit. informal breath. 2》 a light pastry case containing a sweet or… …
52puff up — phrasal verb Word forms puff up : present tense I/you/we/they puff up he/she/it puffs up present participle puffing up past tense puffed up past participle puffed up 1) [intransitive/transitive] if something puffs up, or if you puff it up, it… …
53puff — Ha u, ha uha u, nui ka hanu, puhi; umo umoki (as on a cigar or pipe); haku i (as smoke); uhāuhā (as a dog or wind); ♦ puff sonorously, ūhī ūhā; ♦ puff for breath, nae, naenae; ♦ puff out, puha u, olopū, nunu. ♦ Puff of smoke, pōpō… …
54Puff — der Puff, ü e (Oberstufe) ugs.: ein leichter Stoß mit dem Ellenbogen o. Ä. Synonyme: Anrempler (ugs.), Knuff (ugs.) Beispiel: Der Eifersüchtige versetzte dem nicht willkommenen Rivalen einen kräftigen Puff in die Seite. der Puff, e (Oberstufe)… …
55puff — A short blowing sound heard on auscultation, usually a systolic murmur heard over the heart. SEE ALSO: chromosome puffs. veiled p. a faint pulmonary murmur, simulating the muffled flapping of a cloth in the wind. * * * puff pəf vi …
56puff — 1puff s.m.inv. CO pouf {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1947. ETIMO: dal fr. pouf, v. anche pouf. 2puff fonosimb. CO 1. voce che riproduce il tonfo sordo di un oggetto che cade su una superficie soffice o in acqua; anche s.m.inv. 2. spec. iter., voce che …
57Puff — Pụff1 das / der; s, s; gespr! ≈ Bordell Pụff2 der; (e)s, Püf·fe; gespr; ein leichter Stoß (besonders mit der Faust) ≈ Knuff <ein freundschaftlicher, kräftiger Puff; jemandem einen Puff geben> || ID einen Puff / ein paar Püffe vertragen… …
58puff — 1. noun 1) a puff of wind Syn: gust, blast, flurry, rush, draft, waft, breeze, breath 2) he took a puff at his cigar Syn: informal drag, toke 2. verb 1) …
59puff — [pʌf] verb I 1) [I/T] to smoke a cigarette 2) [I] to breathe noisily after running or doing something else that is physically hard • puff sth out puff up II noun [C] puff [pʌf] 1) the action of breathing in smoke from a cigarette 2) a small… …
60puff — Puffball Puff ball , n. (Bot.) A kind of ball shaped fungus ({Lycoperdon giganteum}, and other species of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when ripe; called also {bullfist}, {bullfice}, {puckfist}, {puff}, and {puffin}. [1913 Webster] …
