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    [Verb]  | "puff" | \ ˈpəf \


    1: to blow in short gusts

    2: to exhale forcibly

    3: to breathe hard : pant

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English, from Old English pyffan, of imitative origin;

    [Noun]  | "puff" 


    1: an act or instance of puffing : whiff

    2: a slight explosive sound accompanying a puff

    3: a perceptible cloud or aura emitted in a puff

    Origin: 13th century ;

    [Noun]  | "puff adder" 


    1: a large thick-bodied extremely venomous African viper (Bitis arietans)

    2: hognose snake

    Origin: 1789 ;

    [Noun]  | "puff pastry" 


    1: a pastry dough containing many alternating layers of butter and dough or the light flaky pastry made from it —called also puff paste

    Origin: 1788 ;

    [Noun]  | "puff piece" 


    1: a story, news report, etc., that praises someone or something too much

    [Noun]  | "cream puff" 


    1: a round shell of light pastry filled with whipped cream or a cream filling

    2: an ineffectual person

    3: something trifling, inconsiderable, or easily dealt with

    Origin: 1880 ;

    [Adjective]  | "puff" 


    1: of, relating to, or designed for promotion or flattery

    Origin: 1943 ;

    [Adjective]  | "pow*der-puff" | \ ˈpau̇-dər-ˌpəf \


    1: of, relating to, or being a traditionally male activity or event done or played by women

    Origin: 1929 ;

    [Phrasal verb]  | "puff out" 


    1: to make (something) larger and rounder by filling it with air

    [Idiom]  | "puff (up) with pride" 


    1: to stand or sit up straighter because one is very proud

    [Noun]  | "puff" 


    1: a slight or gentle movement of air;


      * e.g., " ... felt a puff of wind on his face "



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    [Noun]  | "puff adder" 


    [Noun]  | "puff adders" 


    [Noun]  | "cream puff" 


    1: something easily done or dealt with;


      * e.g., " ... everyone thinks tonight's game will be a cream puff, and so it hasn't generated a lot of interest "




    [Verb]  | "puff" 


    1: to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty;


      * e.g., " ... he came running up the stairs puffing and wheezing "



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    2: to praise too much;


      * e.g., " ... a talk show host who can be counted on to puff up the celebrities who readily consent to be interviewed "



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    [Verb]  | "puff (up)" 


     [ "puff" ]

    1: a man who is gay or is acting really queerly.

      * e.g.,  ...  will young is a puff 

     [ "puff" ]

    1: a magical dragon who lives by the sea

      * e.g.,  ... Singer: Puff the magic dragon lives by the sea, lalalala 

     [ "puff" ]

    1: yet another word for marijuana, usually refering to cannabis resin. Native to the British Isles, in particular the south.

      * e.g.,  ... "oi mate, do you wanna go for a smoke?" 

     [ "puff" ]

    1: German slang for a brothel.

      * e.g.,  ... When Puffs Tissues began marketing to Germany, they did not find out until it was too late that "puff" is colloquial slang for a whorehouse. 

     [ "puff" ]

    1: 1)to inhale, usually from a cigarette.

      * e.g.,  ... 1) Jessica, give me a puff of your smoke. 

     [ "puff" ]

    2: 2)4 puffs = a drag

      * e.g.,  ... 2) you wanna give me a drag on that cigarette? 

     [ "puff" ]

    3: 3)last 4 puffs = kill

      * e.g.,  ... 3) Give me deuce on that butt and I'll deuce one with you later. 

     [ "puff" ]

    4: 4)last puff = LP

      * e.g.,  ... 4) *Jessica lights a cigarette* 

     [ "puff" ]

    5: 5)half of a smoke = deuce

      * e.g.,  ... Tony: I call deuce! 

     [ "puff" ]

    1: a person's entire lifetime.

      * e.g.,  ... "Here I was surrounded by my family and my so-called mates and I've never felt so alone. Never in all my puff." -Mark Renton, Trainspotting 

     [ "puff" ]

    1: A woman's vagina bump whether in jeans or sweats (non camel toe)

      * e.g.,  ... Boy, her Puff looks mighty delectable today. 

     [ "puff" ]

    1: Incorrect spelling of poof, meaning gay (homosexual).

      * e.g.,  ... Spiros: Your such a puff. 

     [ "puff" ]

    1: A word used in Domino's Pizza advertising in Australia for their Puffection crusts, meaning "wicked, cool, the ultimate". The word is rarely used in such a context, even in Australia, and if someone does use it in such a context, they are considered either fag or bogan.

      * e.g.,  ... As used in ads: 

     [ "puff" ]

    1: Mascot of the free UNIX-like open source operating system OpenBSD.

      * e.g.,  ... A King ruled the web with fear 

     [ "puff" ]

    2: Each release, which occur twice a year (about six months, give or take one), Puff is given a themed role based on either current events of a joke the developers liked.

      * e.g.,  ... Spilling the blood of men 

     [ "puff" ]

    3: Such themes include RamBlow (based on Rambo and the contraversy surrounding cryptography being legal munitions in the United States of America), 077 (Pond, James Pond), Puffy the Kittieslayer (Buffy, the Vampire Slayer), rapper Puffy and most recently Puff the Barbarian.

      * e.g.,  ... Then from the ocean came 

     [ "puff" ]

    4: This Blowfish is used in a variety of tee shirts and posters which can be seen on the OpenBSD site (openbsd.org).

      * e.g.,  ... Puff the Barbarian. 

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