Definition of a-puff in English English dictionary
- cheese puff
- A puffed corn snack, coated with a mixture of cheese or cheese-flavored powders
- cream puff
- A weak or ineffectual person
- cream puff
- A light, hollow pastry typically filled with cream or custard
- cream puff
- An old motor vehicle in especially good condition
- pizza puff
- A dough pouch filled with the ingredients of a pizza, such as cheese, pizza sauce, sausage, and pepperoni, and usually deep fried
- puff
- To pant
We ran for the better part of a mile without hearing anything more from the direction of the harbor, and then I reduced the speed to a walk, for the exercise was telling on us who had been cooped up for so long in the confined interior of the U-33. Puffing and panting, we plodded on until within about a mile of the harbor we came upon a sight that brought us all up standing.
- puff
- To advertise (archaic)
- puff
- An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe
- puff
- The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself
out of puff.
- puff
- A flamboyant or alluring statement about an object's quality
He was the eighteenth century king of spin, or, in the language of the day, the prince of puff.
- puff
- a homosexual; a poof
- puff
- A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth
- puff
- A light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc
cream puff.
- puff
- life
Did you ever in your puff see such a perfect perisher?.
- puff
- The drug cannabis
- puff
- To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs
- puff
- A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air
puff of wind.
- puff out
- To blow briefly and lightly
He puffed out a perfect smoke ring.
- puff out
- To inflate
He puffed out his cheeks.
- puff pastries
- plural form of puff pastry
- puff pastry
- a light, flaky pastry that is made by repeatedly folding the rolled pastry into many layers
- puff the magic dragon
- To smoke marijuana
Sure, he puffed the magic dragon — who didn't? — but no cocaine, no heroin.
- puff up
- To inflate with air
We puffed up the balloons.
- puff up
- To become proud. (Often written as puffed up with pride.)
- puff up
- To swell due to injury or illness
My hand puffed up where the cat had scratched me.
- puff-pastry
- Attributive form of puff pastry
a puff-pastry shell.
- puff
- {n} a blast of wind, any thing porous, a tool to powder hair with, undeserved praise
- puff
- {v} to blow, swell with wind, praise much
- cream puff
- A small hallow puff filled with chantilly cream
- cream puff
- small pastry filled with cream; (Slang) weak person, timid person; (Slang) old used car which is in extremely good condition
- cream puff
- a small filled sweet bun made of choux pastry and filled with confectioners' custard (pastry cream) A favorite of JK
- cream puff
- puff filled with cream or custard
- cream puff
- A light, but rich, hollow pastry puff which may be filled with a sweet filling for dessert or with a savory one such as chicken salad for a main dish Called a choux pastry after the French word for cabbage, cream puffs do come out of the oven looking like little cabbages Cream Sauce A cream sauce is but a roux you can make this to serve over any vegetable Just chop some onion, sauté in LOTS of butter When onion is translucent, add milk, then flour, stirring until you get the consistency that you want! No measurements needed, just add milk & flour until you get the thickness & taste you want
- cream puff paste
- pastry which is cooked in a pan before using it in baking
- powder puff
- A soft pad for applying powder to the skin. a small round piece of soft material used by women to spread powder on their face or body
- powder puff
- soft pad used to apply powder
- powder-puff
- used of competitive activities in which only women take part; "powder-puff baseball"; "a powder-puff football game
- puff
- to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
- puff
- gathered for protruding fullness; "puff sleeves"
- puff
- To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs
- puff
- To breathe quick and hard, or with puffs, as after violent exertion
- puff
- A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff
- puff
- a short light gust of air
- puff
- Puffed up; vain
- puff
- a kind of light pastry
- puff
- To blow, as an expression of scorn; with at
- puff
- a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin
- puff
- Anything light and filled with air
- puff
- make proud or conceited; "The sudden fame puffed her ego"
- puff
- If you are puffing, you are breathing loudly and quickly with your mouth open because you are out of breath after a lot of physical effort. I know nothing about boxing, but I could see he was unfit, because he was puffing. see also puffed
- puff
- A utensil of the toilet for dusting the skin or hair with powder
- puff
- forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff"
- puff
- exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
- puff
- A puff of something such as air or smoke is a small amount of it that is blown out from somewhere. Wind caught the sudden puff of dust and blew it inland
- puff
- To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with puffs; often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air
- puff
- speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of man"
- puff
- a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke); "he took a puff on his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly"
- puff
- If an engine, chimney, or boiler puffs smoke or steam, clouds of smoke or steam come out of it. As I completed my 26th lap the Porsche puffed blue smoke
- puff
- thick cushion used as a seat
- puff
- A puffball
- puff
- To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated
- puff
- gathered for protruding fullness; "puff sleeves
- puff
- smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"
- puff
- If someone puffs at a cigarette, cigar, or pipe, they smoke it. He lit a cigar and puffed at it twice Puff is also a noun. She was taking quick puffs at her cigarette like a beginner. = drag
- puff
- To drive with a puff, or with puffs
- puff
- a light inflated pastry or puff shell
- puff
- {f} exhale; breathe; emit vapor (or smoke, etc.); swell, become bloated
- puff
- To inflate with pride, flattery, self- esteem, or the like; often with up
- puff
- suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette"
- puff
- blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"
- puff
- a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke); "he took a puff on his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly" exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes) a light inflated pastry or puff shell a short light gust of air blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain" to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs" speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of man" praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Broadway production" smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe" suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette" make proud or conceited; "The sudden fame puffed her ego" gathered for protruding fullness; "puff sleeves
- puff
- exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes) a light inflated pastry or puff shell a short light gust of air blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"
- puff
- To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly
- puff
- If you puff smoke or moisture from your mouth or if it puffs from your mouth, you breathe it out. Richard lit another cigarette and puffed smoke towards the ceiling The weather was dry and cold; wisps of steam puffed from their lips. Puff out means the same as puff. He drew heavily on his cigarette and puffed out a cloud of smoke
- puff
- To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously
- puff
- To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance
- puff
- An exaggerated or empty expression of praise, especially one in a public journal
- puff
- breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"
- puff
- {i} exhalation; short quick breath; emission of vapor (or smoke, etc.); fluffy hollow pastry; swelling, bulge
- puff
- bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
- puff
- praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Broadway production"
- puff a thing
- exaggerate the worth of something
- puff adder
- hognose snake: harmless North American snake with upturned nose; may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed
- puff adder
- large African viper that inflates its body when alarmed
- puff batter
- batter for making light hollow cases to hold various fillings
- puff out
- If you puff out your cheeks, you make them larger and rounder by filling them with air. He puffed out his fat cheeks and let out a lungful of steamy breath. see also puff 2
- puff paste
- dough used for very light flaky rich pastries
- puff pastry
- A very light, flaky pastry from a rolled-in dough and leavened steam
- puff pastry
- Puff pastry is a type of pastry which is very light and consists of a lot of thin layers. A light flaky pastry that is formed by rolling and folding the dough in layers so that it expands when baked. a type of very light pastry made of many thin layers
- puff pastry
- A rich dough made with a large quantity of butter It is rolled and folded many times to make tissue thin layers that, when baked, rise to many times their height, resulting in an exceptionally flaky pastry
- puff pastry
- a type of crust made of a large number of successive layers of dough and butter When baked, puff pastry becomes flaky and light (croissants for example are simply puff pastry rolls) Puff pastry is difficult to make at home, but you can buy it frozen in a supermarket or sometimes at your local bakery
- puff pastry
- dough that rises and separates into layers during baking
- puff pastry
- Plain dough laminated with Puff Pastry Margarine
- puff pastry
- A rich, multilayered French pastry made with butter, flour, eggs, and water Puff pastry is made by placing chilled butter pats between layers of dough, then rolling the dough, folding it in thirds and letting it rest The process is repeated several times, producing a dough with hundreds of layers of dough and butter When baked, the moisture in the butter creates steam, which causes the dough to separate into flaky layers
- puff pastry
- A delicate French pastry with hundreds of layers of dough and butter The French call it "pâte feuilletée " When baked, the butter creates steam which creates the "puff " Used to create croissants, Napoleons, and allumettes
- puff up
- If part of your body puffs up as a result of an injury or illness, it becomes swollen. Her body bloated and puffed up till pain seemed to burst out through her skin. see also puffed up = swell
- puff up
- become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"
- puff up
- become swollen; swell up; inflate
- puff up
- make larger or distend; "The estimates were puffed up"
- puff up
- make larger or distend; "The estimates were puffed up
- puff up
- praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Broadway production"
- puff up
- to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"