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gathered for protruding fullness; "puff sleeves" fancy to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs" blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain" praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Broadway production" a short light gust of air a light inflated pastry or puff shell exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes) smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe" suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette" make proud or conceited; "The sudden fame puffed her ego" 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" speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of man" breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily" a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff" bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together thick cushion used as a seat |
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