puff


Meanings

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


Scrabble Score: 12

puff is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

puff is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

puff is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 14

puff is a valid Words With Friends word