Antonyms for puff
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : puhf |
| Phonetic Transcription : pÊŒf |
Definition of puff
Origin :- c.1200, perhaps Old English, puf, puffe "short, quick blast; act of puffing," from puff (v.). Meaning "type of light pastry" is recorded from late 14c.; that of "small pad for applying powder to skin or hair" is from 1650s. Figurative sense of "flattery, inflated praise" is first recorded 1732. Derogatory use for "homosexual male" is recorded by 1902.
- noun blast of air
- noun advertisement
- verb inhale or exhale air
- verb publicize
- He leaned back, and began to puff leisurely at his pipe, as if this settled the matter.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- And now they all vanish in a puff of smoke from the chimney.
- Extract from : « Old Ticonderoga, A Picture of The Past » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- (a) What precautions should be taken in the making of a puff omelet?
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- How good that puff of fresh air and freedom felt on his face!
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- And so, with a snort and a puff, he worked out by another door.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- He could only bite his nails and puff away to the next Defaulter.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- Roland paused, fighting for an instant with a puff of wind and dust.
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- In the rear I saw him light his pipe and puff and scowl in a puzzled way.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- Line patty pans with puff paste, and fill with frangipané and bake.
- Extract from : « Culture and Cooking » by Catherine Owen
- Rob, did you see that puff of smoke coming out of the house then?
- Extract from : « The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields » by Lieut. Howard Payson
Synonyms for puff
- admire
- advertise
- advertising
- ballyhoo
- blow
- blow up
- blurb
- boost
- breath
- breathe
- build
- buildup
- commend
- commendation
- congratulate
- cry
- distend
- draft
- drag
- draught
- draw
- emanation
- enlarge
- favorable mention
- fill
- flatter
- flatus
- flurry
- gasp
- good word
- gulp
- gust
- heave
- huff
- huff and puff
- hype
- inflate
- laudation
- overpraise
- pant
- plug
- praise
- press-agent
- press-agentry
- promo
- promote
- promotion
- publicity
- puffery
- pull
- pull at
- pull on
- push
- sales talk
- smoke
- suck
- swell
- waft
- wheeze
- whiff
- wind
- wisp
- write-up
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