| Front | puff |
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| Back | verb, nounBrE /pʌf/NAmE /pʌf/verb 1 [intransitive, transitive] to smoke a cigarette, pipe, etc~ (at/on sth)He puffed (away) on his pipe.~ sth I sat puffing my cigar. 2 [transitive, intransitive] to make smoke or steam blow out in clouds; to blow out in clouds~ sth (out)Chimneys were puffing out clouds of smoke.~ (out) Steam puffed out. 3 [intransitive, transitive] (+ speech) (informal) to breathe loudly and quickly, especially after you have been running gasp I was starting to puff a little from the climb. see also puffed, puffed out 4 [intransitive] + adv./prep. to move in a particular direction, sending out small clouds of smoke or steamThe train puffed into the station.be puffed up with ˈpride, etc.to be too full of pride, etc He felt grown-up, puffed up with self-importance. ˌpuff and ˈpant(also ˌpuff and ˈblow, informal)to breathe quickly and loudly through your mouth after physical effortEventually, puffing and panting, he arrived at the gate. more at huff and puff at huff v.ˌpuff sthˈoutto make sth bigger and rounder, especially by filling it with airShe puffed out her cheeks.ˌpuff ˈup| ˌpuff sthˈup to swell or to make sth swellHer cheeks puffed up. The frog puffed itself up. noun 1 [countable] an act of breathing in sth such as smoke from a cigarette, or drugsHe had a few puffs at the cigar. Take two puffs from the inhaler every four hours. 2 [countable] a small amount of air, smoke, etc. that is blown from somewherea puff of wind She felt a puff of warm air on her face. Puffs of white smoke came from the chimney. Any chance of success seemed to vanish in a puff of smoke (= to disappear quickly). 3 [countable] a hollow piece of light pastry that is filled with cream, jam, etc. see also cream puff 4 (NAmE also ˈpuff piece) [countable] (informal,usually disapproving) a piece of writing or speech that praises sb/sth too muchThe press is full of puffs for his new movie. 5 [uncountable] (informal, especially BrE) breathThe hill was very steep and I soon ran out of puff. see also powder puff |
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