puff
puff /p'ʌf/ (puffs puffing puffed)
1 [VERB] V at/on n
If someone puffs at a cigarette, cigar, or pipe, they smoke it.
He lit a cigar and puffed at it twice...
[N-COUNT]
Puff is also a noun.
She was taking quick puffs at her cigarette like a beginner.
= drag
2 [VERB] V n, V prep
If you puff smoke or moisture from your mouth or if it puffs from your mouth, you breathe it out.
Richard lit another cigarette and puffed smoke towards the ceiling...
The weather was dry and cold; wisps of steam puffed from their lips.
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron)
Puff out means the same as puff.
He drew heavily on his cigarette and puffed out a cloud of smoke.
3 [VERB] V n
If an engine, chimney, or boiler puffs smoke or steam, clouds of smoke or steam come out of it.
As I completed my 26th lap the Porsche puffed blue smoke.
4 [N-COUNT] usu N of n
A puff of something such as air or smoke is a small amount of it that is blown out from somewhere.
Wind caught the sudden puff of dust and blew it inland.
5 [VERB] usu cont, V
If you are puffing, you are breathing loudly and quickly with your mouth open because you are out of breath after a lot of physical effort.
I know nothing about boxing, but I could see he was unfit, because he was puffing.
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see also puffedpuff out
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
If you puff out your cheeks, you make them larger and rounder by filling them with air.
He puffed out his fat cheeks and let out a lungful of steamy breath.
see also puff 2puff pas|try
[N-UNCOUNT]
Puff pastry is a type of pastry which is very light and consists of a lot of thin layers.puff up
[PHRASAL VERB] V P
If part of your body puffs up as a result of an injury or illness, it becomes swollen.
Her body bloated and puffed up till pain seemed to burst out through her skin.
see also puffed up
= swell
1 [VERB] V at/on n
If someone puffs at a cigarette, cigar, or pipe, they smoke it.
He lit a cigar and puffed at it twice...
[N-COUNT]
Puff is also a noun.
She was taking quick puffs at her cigarette like a beginner.
= drag
2 [VERB] V n, V prep
If you puff smoke or moisture from your mouth or if it puffs from your mouth, you breathe it out.
Richard lit another cigarette and puffed smoke towards the ceiling...
The weather was dry and cold; wisps of steam puffed from their lips.
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron)
Puff out means the same as puff.
He drew heavily on his cigarette and puffed out a cloud of smoke.
3 [VERB] V n
If an engine, chimney, or boiler puffs smoke or steam, clouds of smoke or steam come out of it.
As I completed my 26th lap the Porsche puffed blue smoke.
4 [N-COUNT] usu N of n
A puff of something such as air or smoke is a small amount of it that is blown out from somewhere.
Wind caught the sudden puff of dust and blew it inland.
5 [VERB] usu cont, V
If you are puffing, you are breathing loudly and quickly with your mouth open because you are out of breath after a lot of physical effort.
I know nothing about boxing, but I could see he was unfit, because he was puffing.
6
see also puffedpuff out
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
If you puff out your cheeks, you make them larger and rounder by filling them with air.
He puffed out his fat cheeks and let out a lungful of steamy breath.
see also puff 2puff pas|try
[N-UNCOUNT]
Puff pastry is a type of pastry which is very light and consists of a lot of thin layers.puff up
[PHRASAL VERB] V P
If part of your body puffs up as a result of an injury or illness, it becomes swollen.
Her body bloated and puffed up till pain seemed to burst out through her skin.
see also puffed up
= swell