Meaning

3 senses
  1. The act of one who puffs.

    the puffings and pantings of a man running to catch a train

    an act of forcible exhalation

  2. A puffy ornament.

  3. An opinion or judgment, often made by the seller of property to a potential buyer, that is not made as a representation of fact.

Forms

plural: puffings
Singularpuffing
Pluralpuffings

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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