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puff

noun: a short light gust of air

noun: a light inflated pastry or puff shell

noun: exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)

noun: bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together

noun: a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin

noun: thick cushion used as a seat

noun: 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"

noun: forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff"

verb: smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"

verb: suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette"

verb: breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"

verb: make proud or conceited; "The sudden fame puffed her ego"

verb: praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Broadway production"

verb: speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of man"

verb: to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests"

verb: blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"

adj: gathered for protruding fullness; "puff sleeves"


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puff

Length: 4 letters

Scrabble value: 12

Words with Friends value: 14

Literati value: 9

TWL (USA): Found

SOWPODS (UK): Found


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