| Noun | 1. | puff - a short light gust of airgust, blast, blow - a strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust" | |
| 2. | puff - a light inflated pastry or puff shellpastry - any of various baked foods made of dough or batter | |
| 3. | puff - exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes) | |
| 4. | puff - bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together | |
| 5. | puff - a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skinpad - a usually thin flat mass of padding | |
| 6. | puff - thick cushion used as a seatseat - furniture that is designed for sitting on; "there were not enough seats for all the guests" | |
| 7. | puff - a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke); "he took a puff on his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly"smoking, smoke - the act of smoking tobacco or other substances; "he went outside for a smoke"; "smoking stinks" toke - a puff of a marijuana or hashish cigarette; "the boys took a few tokes on a joint" | |
| 8. | puff - forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff"insufflation - an act of blowing or breathing on or into something | |
| Verb | 1. | puff - smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"smoke - inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?" | |
| 2. | puff - suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette"breathe in, inhale, inspire - draw in (air); "Inhale deeply"; "inhale the fresh mountain air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well" | |
| 3. | puff - breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"blow - exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down" | |
| 4. | puff - make proud or conceited; "The sudden fame puffed her ego" | |
| 5. | puff - praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Broadway production"praise - express approval of; "The parents praised their children for their academic performance" | |
| 6. | puff - speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of man" | |
| 7. | puff - to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs" | |
| 8. | puff - blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"blow - exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down" | |
| Adj. | 1. | puff - gathered for protruding fullness; "puff sleeves"fancy - not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes" | |