Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The practice of writing or publishing puffs, or uncritical or venal praises of another person's productions or wares.
- noun In costume, one or more ridges or ribs intended for ornament; ornamentation by means of such ridges. See
puffed . - noun In gasteromycetous fungi, the sudden discharging of a cloud of spores. See
puffball .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- a. & n. from
puff , v. i. & t. - (Zoöl.) Same as Puff adder (b), under
Puff . - (Zoöl.) the common porpoise.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
puff . - noun law An
opinion orjudgment , often made by theseller ofproperty to apotential buyer , that is not made as arepresentation offact .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun blowing tobacco smoke out into the air
- noun an act of forcible exhalation
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Examples
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Saxon heard the uptown train puffing and snorting as it pulled out from Center Street.
CHAPTER IX 2010
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Perhaps, his huffing and puffing is just venting and release of his demons.
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Popo rises behind it with snow on his peak and smoke lazily puffing from the caldera.
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Popo rises behind it with snow on his peak and smoke lazily puffing from the caldera.
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Saxon heard the uptown train puffing and snorting as it pulled out from Center Street.
Chapter 9 1913
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Phil, it’s disapointing that you are so ready to lampoon the excesses of Web 2.0 and other tech fluffery, but don’t perceive the limitations of your own background in puffing up another of the thousands of pointless developers’ concoctions.
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He said Knapp was "puffing" - saying what he thought a real arms dealer would want to hear.
Phillies Zone 2011
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The "puffing" from the AGB star converting into the PNN Planetary Nebula Nucleus is not like a switch that is instantly turned off, but is likely an intermittent affair.
Red Giant Brightness Variations Still Mysterious | Universe Today 2009
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This is her kind of puffing out, you know, snorting out in sort of disgust.
David Griffin on how photography connects us David Griffin 2008
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This is her kind of puffing out, you know, snorting out in sort of disgust.
David Griffin on how photography connects us David Griffin 2008
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