puff

puff

  1. henkäys, leyhähdys, puuskahdus tuulen

  2. tuprahdus, pöllähdys savun

  3. pilvi, kiehkura

  4. pullistuma, paisuma

  5. koholeivos

  6. puhvi

  7. puuterhuisku

  8. slangia|k=en kannabis

  9. brittienglantia|slangia|alatyyliä|k=en homoseksuaali, erityisesti naismainen (käytetään lähinnä pohjoisosissa)

Liittyvät sanat: puff up

Synonyymisanakirja

puff

  1. Appendix:Cannabis_slang|Wiktionary appendix of cannabis slang, poof.

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Liittyvät sanat: puffata, puffi.

Käännökset

englanti

untuvapeite

mainostaa

ylpistää

kehuminen

puhahdus puhekieltä A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.
puhekieltä The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.

out of puff

puhekieltä A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.

puff of smoke

Flatman
to every puff of wind a slave
puhekieltä An act of inhale inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe.
puhekieltä A flamboyant or alluring statement about an object's quality.
puhekieltä 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.
1842, "A Paper on Puffing", in Ainsworths Magazine''
Is nothing to be said in praise of the "Emporiums" and "Repositories" and "Divans," which formerly were mere insignificant tailors', toymen's, and tobacconists' shops? Is the transition from the barber's pole to the revolving bust of the perruquier, nothing? — the leap from the bare counter-traversed shop to the carpeted and mirrored saloon of trade, nothing? Are they not, one and all, practical puffs, intended to invest commerce with elegance, and to throw a halo round extravagance?
1848, Mrs. White, "Puffs and Puffing", in Sharpes London Magazine''
Here the duke is made the vehicle of the tailor's advertisement, and the prelusive compliments, ostensibly meant for his grace, merge into a covert recommendation of the coat. Several specimens might be given of this species of puff, which is to be met with in almost every paper, and is a favourite form with booksellers, professional men, &c.
2008, David Paton-Williamspage, Katterfelto, page xii
He was the eighteenth century king of spin, or, in the language of the day, the "prince of puff".
A puffball.
A powder puff.
puhekieltä The drug cannabis.
puhekieltä A light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc.

cream puff

puhekieltä a homosexual; a poof
puhekieltä life
1938, P. G. Wodehouse (Bertie Wooster speaking of Spode) in The Code of the Woosters
Did you ever in your puff see such a perfect perisher?
puhekieltä To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs.
puhekieltä To pant.
L'Estrange
The ass comes back again, puffing and blowing, from the chase.
1918, (w), w:The Land That Time Forgot (novel)|The Land That Time Forgot Chapter VI
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.
puhekieltä To advertise.
To blow as an expression of scorn.
South
It is really to defy Heaven to puff at damnation.
To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.

(rfquotek)

To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
Herbert
Then came brave Glory puffing by.
To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
Dryden
The clearing north will puff the clouds away.
To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
I puff the prostitute away.
To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate.

a bladder puffed with air

Shakespeare
the sea puffed up with winds
To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, etc.; often with up.
Jowett
puffed up with military success
To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.
Macaulay
puffed with wonderful skill
poof (deflating object or a magical disappearance)
pouf, (l), pouffe (gloss)
puhekieltä pouf (gloss)
(l), powder puff (gloss)
bang! pouf! (gloss)

Slangisanakirja

  • puffi: tekstimainos

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