puff : Idioms & Phrases

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cream puff

  • noun puff filled with cream or custard
    chou.
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Powder puff

  • . See Puff, n.
Webster 1913

powder-puff

  • adjective satellite used of competitive activities in which only women take part
    • powder-puff baseball
    • a powder-puff football game
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Puff adder

  • noun large African viper that inflates its body when alarmed
    Bitis arietans.
  • noun harmless North American snake with upturned nose; may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed
    sand viper; hognose snake.
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  • . (Zoöl.) (a) Any South African viper belonging to Clotho and allied genera. They are exceedingly venomous, and have the power of greatly distending their bodies when irritated. The common puff adder (Vipera, ∨ Clotho, arietans) is the largest species, becoming over four feet long. The plumed puff adder (C. cornuta) has a plumelike appendage over each eye. (b) A North American harmless snake (Heterodon platyrrhinos) which has the power of puffing up its body. Called also hog-nose snake, flathead, spreading adder, and blowing adder.
Webster 1913

puff batter

  • noun batter for making light hollow cases to hold various fillings
    pate a choux; pouf paste.
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Puff bird

  • (Zoöl.), any bird of the genus Bucco, or family Bucconidæ. They are small birds, usually with dull-colored and loose plumage, and have twelve tail feathers. See Barbet (b).
Webster 1913

puff of air

  • noun a short light gust of air
    puff; whiff.
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puff out

  • verb to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
    puff; blow up; puff out.
    • puffed out chests
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puff paste

  • noun dough used for very light flaky rich pastries
    pate feuillete.
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puff up

  • verb make larger or distend
    • The estimates were puffed up
  • verb to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
    puff; blow up; puff out.
    • puffed out chests
  • verb become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
    swell.
    • The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son
  • verb praise extravagantly
    puff.
    • The critics puffed up this Broadway production
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puff-leg

Puff"-leg` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of beautiful humming birds of the genus Eriocnemis having large tufts of downy feathers on the legs.
Webster 1913

puff-legged

Puff"-legged` adjective
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Having a conspicuous tuft of feathers on the legs.
Webster 1913

puffed rice

  • noun puffy rice kernels
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puffed wheat

  • noun puffy wheat berries
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