Meaning

2 senses
  1. The product of flatulence, or the sound of breaking wind.

  2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, derogatory)A gay man; especially one who is irritating or contemptible.

    голубо́йgolubój

More definitions
  • offensive term for a homosexual man

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Everything went poof!

    dePuff und alles war weg. — brauchinet

Translations

5 languages
Русский
A male homosexual:

Origin

Onomatopoeic. See also puff. Origin unknown.

Onomatopoeic. See also puff.

Origin unknown.

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Forms

plural: poofs / pooves

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedpoofy

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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