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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" |
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drag,
pull |
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aspiration,
breathing in,
inhalation,
inspiration,
intake a will to succeed
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smoke,
smoking the act of smoking tobacco or other substances; "he went outside for a smoke"; "smoking stinks"
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toke a puff of a marijuana or hashish cigarette; "the boys took a few tokes on a joint"
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puff - a short light gust of air |
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whiff |
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blast,
blow,
gust a very long fly ball
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puff - exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes) |
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good word,
recommendation,
testimonial good news
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puff - a light inflated pastry or puff shell |
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pastry any of various baked foods made of dough or batter
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chou,
cream puff puff filled with cream or custard
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| verbo |
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puff - blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain" |
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huff,
chuff |
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blow exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down"
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puff - suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette" |
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drag,
draw |
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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"
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puff - smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe" |
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whiff |
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smoke inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?"
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puff - to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests" |
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intumesce,
swell,
swell up,
tumefy,
tumesce expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"
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puff - praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Broadway production" |
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praise express approval of; "The parents praised their children for their academic performance"
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puff - speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of man" |
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blow,
bluster,
boast,
brag,
gas,
gasconade,
shoot a line,
swash,
tout,
vaunt exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down"
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puff - make proud or conceited; "The sudden fame puffed her ego" |
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elate,
intoxicate,
lift up,
pick up,
uplift fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits"
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| adjective |
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puff - gathered for protruding fullness; "puff sleeves" |
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puffed |
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fancy not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes"
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