puff

/pəf/ verbnounadjective
4 letters1 syllable12 points in Scrabble®14 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS17
VERB
1

Suck in or take (air).

2

Breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted.

3

Praise extravagantly.

“The critics puffed up this Broadway production”

4

Make proud or conceited.

“The sudden fame puffed her ego”

5

Speak in a blustering or scornful manner.

“A puffing kind of man”

6

Blow hard and loudly.

“he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain”

7

To swell or cause to enlarge.

“Her faced puffed up from the drugs”

“puffed out chests”

8

Smoke and exhale strongly.

“puff a cigar”

NOUN
1

Forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth.

“he blew out all the candles with a single puff”

2

Thick cushion used as a seat.

3

A light inflated pastry or puff shell.

4

Exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes).

5

A short light gust of air.

6

A slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke).

“he took a puff on his pipe”

7

A soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin.

8

Bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together.

ADJECTIVE
1

Gathered for protruding fullness.

“puff sleeves”

WORD FORMS
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GAME SCORES
Scrabble®12 points
Words With Friends®14 points
Double word24 points
Triple word36 points
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Starts & ends withP … F
Syllablespuff
SYNONYMS & RELATED27
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