puff
suomi-englanti sanakirjapuff englannista suomeksi
untuvapeite
mainostaa, kehuskella
ylpistää
kehuminen, puffi
puhahdus, henki
koholeivos
paisua
puhkua
henkäys
puhvi-
imaista
puuterihuisku
jalkatyyny
imeä
vire, leuhahdus
Substantiivi
puff englanniksi
A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.
(syn)
(ux)
A sudden but small gust of wind, smoke, etc.
{{quote-text|en|year=1674|author=Thomas Flatman|title=Poems and Songs
(quote-book)
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A flamboyant or alluring statement of praise.
{{quote-text|en|year=1902|author=Robert Marshall Grade|title=The Haunted Major
{{quote-text|en|year=1931|author=Bernard Shaw|title=Our Theatre in the Nineties|volume=24|page=246
A portion of fabric gathered up so as to be left full in the middle.
A light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc.
A puffball.
{{quote-book|en|year=1598|author=John Florio|title=A Worlde of Wordes, or Most Copious, and Exact Dictionarie in Italian and English|location=London|publisher=Edward Blount|page=47|url=http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A00991.0001.001
A puff.
A puffer, one who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at auction to bid up the price; an act or scam of that type.
{{quote-text|en|year=1842|chapter=A Paper on Puffing|title=Ainsworth's Magazine
{{quote-text|en|year=1848|author=Mrs. White|chapter=Puffs and Puffing|title=Sharpe's London Magazine
{{quote-text|en|year=2008|author=David Paton-Williamspage|title=Katterfelto|page=xii
A region of a chromosome exhibiting a local increase in diameter.
Life.
{{quote-text|en|year=1938|author=P. G. Wodehouse|title=The Code of the Woosters
(syn of): a man; especially one who is effeminate.
To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs.
(quote-journal)
To pant.
(RQ:L'Estrange Fables)
(RQ:Burroughs Land That Time Forgot)
To advertise.
To blow as an expression of scorn.
(RQ:South Twelve Sermons)
To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
{{quote-text|en|year=1690|author=Robert Boyle|title=The Christian Virtuoso
To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
{{quote-text|en|year=1633|author=George Herbert|title=The Quip
To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
{{RQ:Dryden Virgil|Georgic 1
To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
{{quote-text|en|year=1685|author=John Dryden|title=The Twenty-Ninth Ode of the First Book of Horace
To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate.
(RQ:Shakespeare Taming of the Shrew)
(senseid) To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, etc.; often with ''up''.
{{quote-text|en|year=1881|author=Benjamin Jowett|title=Thucydides Translated into English
To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.
(RQ:Macaulay Johnson)
poof (gloss)
pouf (gloss)
(l), puff (gloss)
bang! pouf! ((onomatopoeic) representing a sudden sharp noise or crashing sound)
a (l) (of gas or smoke)
a nudge (gentle push)
a blurb
a poke (on Facebook)
a (cylindrical) pouf
a (l) (portion of fabric gathered up on the sleeve or shoulder of a garment), puffing
a (l) (puffed grain)
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