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soplo
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Puff
- (n.) To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
- (n.) A puffball.
- (v. t.) To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.
- (v. t.) To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with puffs; -- often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air.
- (n.) To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs.
- (n.) To blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at.
- (n.) A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff.
- (n.) Anything light and filled with air.
- (n.) A utensil of the toilet for dusting the skin or hair with powder.
- (n.) An exaggerated or empty expression of praise, especially one in a public journal.
- (n.) a kind of light pastry.
- (v. t.) To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
- (n.) To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
- (n.) To breathe quick and hard, or with puffs, as after violent exertion.
- (v. t.) To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
- (v. t.) To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, or the like; -- often with up.
- (a.) Puffed up; vain.
Synonyms:
Blow, Chuff, Comforter, Drag, Draw, Gasp, Heave, Huff, Pant, Puffed, Pull, Quilt, Whiff,
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• Puffed
- (imp. & p. p.) of Puff
Synonyms:
Bloated, Distended, Puff, Puffy, Swollen, Tumescent, Tumid, Turgid,
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• Puffer
- (n.) The common, or harbor, porpoise.
- (n.) A kier.
- (n.) One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant commendation.
- (n.) Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the species of Tetrodon and Diodon; -- called also blower, puff-fish, swellfish, and globefish.
- (n.) One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder.
Synonyms:
Globefish,
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geometrician, inclusion, bright, israeli, gentleness, gentleman, isolationism, genres, excretory, outwardly, catalepsy, abiding, abstraction, intrusive, physiologist, peculator, peculation, ovation, ovary, outstrip, outstanding, outspoken, opulent, shapes, optimism, replicate, offside, oafish, britannic, both, flaming, geometry, |
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Abash, Love, What, I, Dawn, Smart, Pervert, Morn, Chagrin, Hi, Abandon, Confuse, Bye, No, Abalone, Press, Money, Abate, Good morning, TRUE, Sorry, Abdicate, Abbe, Abaft, Aback, Abattoir, Abbot, Aardvark, A.M., Abashment, Abashed, Clairvoyance, |
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