puff

  • 61puff — 1. noun a) A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth. out of puff b) The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself. puff of smoke Syn …

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  • 62Puff —    This term, which dates back to the 17th century, refers to excessive hype in advertisements, publicity, and reviews of a theatrical production. Richard Brinsley Sheridan immortalized the word when he used it as the name of his flamboyant Mr.… …

    The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater

  • 63Puff — Einige Püffe vertragen können: nicht empfindlich, nicht wehleidig sein. Das Wort ›Puff‹ ist abgeleitet von italienisch ›buffo‹: Windstoß. ›Puff‹ ist auch seit ca. 1900 die Bezeichnung für ein Bordell. Dieser Name jedoch stammt aus dem Brettspiel …

    Das Wörterbuch der Idiome

  • 64puff — • knuff, stöt, törn, dunk, puff • kudde, dyna, puta, pöl, puff …

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  • 65Puff — If a Brit starts giggling in your local drugstore it may be because they have just found a box of Puffs. To some of us Brits a Puff is another word for a fart. Stems from the cockney rhyming slang, to Puff a dart …

    The American's guide to speaking British

  • 66puff — n 1. whiff, whiffet, breath, flurry, small cloud; gust, short blast; huff, pant, wind. 2. swelling, lump, protuberance, projection, tuberosity, Anat. condyle, protrusion; node, nodule, bulb; growth, excrescence, excretion, Biol. auxesis,… …

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  • 67puff — 1. noun 1) a puff of wind Syn: gust, blast, flurry, rush, draught, waft, breeze, breath 2) he took a puff at his cigar Syn: pull; informal drag, toke 2. verb …

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  • 68puff on — phr verb Puff on is used with these nouns as the object: ↑cigar, ↑pipe …

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  • 69puff up — phr verb Puff up is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑chest …

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  • 70puff up — Synonyms and related words: add to, adulate, aggrandize, amplify, apotheosize, augment, balloon, belaud, bepraise, bless, bloat, blow up, boast of, brag about, broaden, build, build up, bulk, bulk out, celebrate, crescendo, cry up, deify, develop …

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