Meaning

7 senses
  1. A light, hollow pastry typically filled with cream or custard.

    Windbeutel, Brandteigkrapferl, Ofenküchlein

    шуšu, патешуpatešu

    puff filled with cream or custard

  2. (figuratively, informal)A weak or ineffectual person.

  3. (slang)An old motor vehicle in especially good condition.

  4. (slang)A weak pitch.

  5. (Scotland, slang)A state of mild annoyance or irritation.

    to be in the cream puff

  6. (dated, slang)A gay man.

  7. (obsolete, slang)An exploding shell.

Examples

7 sentences
  1. I want a dozen cream puffs.

    deIch hätte gern zwölf Windbeutel.

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  2. Please give me a dozen cream puffs.

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  3. I've bought some cream puffs. Do you want one?

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  4. Cream puffs are my favorite pastry.

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  5. I want to eat a cream puff that's full to the brim with cream.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
hollow pastry filled with cream or custard:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
hollow pastry filled with cream or custard:

Forms

plural: cream puffs

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • puff filled with cream or custard:chou

See also

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