Meaning

16 senses
  1. (countable)A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.

    Hauch, Atemstoß, Windstoß

    forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth

  2. (slang, uncountable)The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.

    out of puff

    Puste, Atem

    дыхалкаdyxalka

  3. (countable)A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.

    puff of smoke

    Sprühstoß, Hub

  4. (countable)A sudden but small gust of wind, smoke, etc.

  5. (countable, informal)An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe.

    Zug

    затя́жкаzatjážka

  6. (slang, uncountable)The drug cannabis.

    Gras

    травкаtravka, анашаanaša

  7. (countable)A flamboyant or alluring statement of praise.

  8. (countable, uncountable)A portion of fabric gathered up so as to be left full in the middle.

    a sleeve with a puff at the shoulder

  9. (countable)A light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc.

    cream puff

    Windbeutel

    профитрольprofitrolʹ

  10. (countable, uncountable)A puffball.

  11. (countable, uncountable)A powder puff.

    a light inflated pastry or puff shell

  12. (countable, dated, slang, uncountable)A puffer, one who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at auction to bid up the price.

Examples

46 sentences
  1. I want a dozen cream puffs.

    deIch hätte gern zwölf Windbeutel.

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  2. The man puffed smoke into her face.

    ruМужчина выдохнул ей в лицо дым.

    deDer Mann blies Rauch in ihr Gesicht.

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  3. Please give me a dozen cream puffs.

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  4. Puffed sleeves are so fashionable now.

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  5. Tom puffed on his pipe.

    ruТом покуривал трубку.

    deTom paffte seine Pfeife.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 4
ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself:
informal: act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe:
slang: cannabis:
type of cake:
Deutsch
By meaning 6
sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth:
ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself:
small quantity of gas or smoke in the air:
informal: act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe:
slang: cannabis:
type of cake:

Origin

From Middle English puff, puf, from Old English pyf (“a blast of wind, puff”), from Proto-

From Middle English puff, puf, from Old English pyf (“a blast of wind, puff”), from Proto-West Germanic *puf(f)- (“to blow, puff”), of imitative origin. Cognate with Dutch puf (“puff, wind, fart”), Middle Low German puf, pof (“puff”).

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Forms

plural: puffs
Singularpuff
Pluralpuffs

regular

Synonyms

70 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

35 related words

See also

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