PUFF MEANING IN SPANISH

Definition & Synonyms

• Puff

1. (n.) To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
2. (n.) A puffball.
3. (v. t.) To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.
4. (v. t.) To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with puffs; -- often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air.
5. (n.) To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs.
6. (n.) To blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at.
7. (n.) A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff.
8. (n.) Anything light and filled with air.
9. (n.) A utensil of the toilet for dusting the skin or hair with powder.
10. (n.) An exaggerated or empty expression of praise, especially one in a public journal.
11. (n.) a kind of light pastry.
12. (v. t.) To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
13. (n.) To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
14. (n.) To breathe quick and hard, or with puffs, as after violent exertion.
15. (v. t.) To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
16. (v. t.) To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, or the like; -- often with up.
17. (a.) Puffed up; vain.