puff
adj : gathered for protruding fullness; "puff sleeves" [syn: {puffed}]
n 1: a short light gust of air [syn: {puff of air}, {whiff}]
2: a light inflated pastry or puff shell
3: exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
4: a bed cover made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing
and stitched together [syn: {quilt}, {comforter}]
5: a fluffy pad for applying powder to the skin [syn: {powderpuff}]
6: 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" [syn: {drag}, {pull}]
7: forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his
nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a
single puff" [syn: {blow}]
v 1: smoke with puffs; "puff a cigar"
2: suck in or take, as of air; "draw a deep breath"; draw on a
cigarette" [syn: {drag}, {draw}]
3: breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners
reached the finish line, panting heavily" [syn: {pant}, {gasp},
{heave}]
4: make proud or conceited; "The sudden fame puffed her ego"
5: praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Brodaway
production" [syn: {puff up}]
6: speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of
man"
7: to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the
drugs" [syn: {puff up}, {blow up}, {puff out}]
8: blow hard and loudly [syn: {huff}, {chuff}]