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— English words —

• puff n. (Countable) A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.
• puff n. (Uncountable) The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.
• puff n. (Countable) A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.
• puff n. (Countable) A sudden but small gust of wind, smoke, etc.
• puff n. (Informal, countable) An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe.
• puff n. (Uncountable, slang) The drug cannabis.
• puff n. (Countable) A flamboyant or alluring statement of praise.
• puff n. A portion of fabric gathered up so as to be left full in the middle.
• puff n. (Countable) A light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc.
• puff n. A puffball.
• puff n. A powder puff.
• puff n. (Dated, slang) A puffer, one who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at auction to bid…
• puff n. (Genetics) A region of a chromosome exhibiting a local increase in diameter.
• puff n. (Slang, dated, UK) Life.
• puff n. (Derogatory, slang, Britain, particularly northern UK) Synonym of poof: a male homosexual, especially…
• puff v. (Intransitive) To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs.
• puff v. (Intransitive) To pant.
• puff v. (Transitive, archaic) To advertise.
• puff v. To blow as an expression of scorn.
• puff v. To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
• puff v. To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
• puff v. To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
• puff v. To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
• puff v. To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate.
• puff v. To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, etc.; often with up.
• puff v. To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Finnish
  • puff interj. Poof (deflating object or a magical disappearance).
• Hungarian
  • puff n. Pouf, puff, pouffe (a backless, rounded, cushioned low stool).
  • puff n. (Dressmaking) pouf (on the upper part of the sleeves).
  • puff n. Puff, powder puff (a pad of soft material used for the application of cosmetic powder to the face).
  • puff interj. Bang! pouf! (onomatopoeia representing a sudden sharp noise or crashing sound).

— English words, defined in French —

• puff n. Bouffée.
• puff v. Émettre de la fumée.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• puff s. Nube.
• puff s. Rafaga.
• puff s. Soplo.
• puff s. Chupada de cigarro.
• puff s. Hojaldre.
• puff s. Jadeo.
• puff v. Jadear.
• puff v. Echar humo o vapor.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• puff s. Baforada.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• puff s. Alito, esalazione.
• puff s. Soffiare.
• puff s. Fare uscire aria, esalare.

— In German —

• puff Interj. Lautmalerisch: Geräusch eines dumpf klingenden, verhältnismäßig…
• puff V. 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs puffen.
• Puff S. Umgangssprachlich: ein leichter, harmloser Schlag.
• Puff S. Biologie: Anschwellung eines Abschnittes eines Chromosoms.
• Puff S. Umgangssprachlich, abwertend, verhüllend: Gebäude, in dem…
• Puff S. Veraltet: ein Brettspiel, welches heute unter dem Namen Tricktrack…
• Puff S. Landschaftlich, kurz für: Wäschepuff; niedriger beinloser…
• Puff S. Veraltend, auch landschaftlich: Bausch.

— In French —

• puff n.f. (Canada) (Anglicisme) Bouffée.
• puff n.f. (Anglicisme) Cigarette électronique jetable.
• puff n.m. (Vieilli) (Anglicisme) Arnaque, tromperie, fausse nouvelle, bobard.

— In Italian —

• puff int. (Onomatopeico) il rumore di un tonfo, di macchina sbuffante, stantuffi.

161 English words from 31 English definitions

ability act advertise air alluring amount application archaic A␣sharp assume as␣to attention auction backless Bang bid blow breath breathe breathe␣in Britain but cake call cannabis cause cheese chromosome cigar cigarette contemptuously cosmetic countable crashing cream cream␣cheese cushioned dated deflating Derogatory diameter dilate dilated disappearance Dressmaking drive drug easily emit employed especially esteem etc exaggeration exerting exhalation exhibiting expression fabric face filled flamboyant flatter flattery for from full gas gathered Genetics goods gust hence homosexual importance increase inflate inflated Informal inhaling in␣the␣air Intransitive left Life light local low magical male manner material middle mouth noise northern object of␣a often one oneself onomatopoeia on␣the owner pad pant part particularly pipe pompous poof portion pouf pouffe powder powder␣puff praise praises pride public puff puffball puffer puffs quantity region repel representing rounded scorn self self-esteem seller sharp slang sleeves small smoke so␣as so␣as␣to soft sold sound statement stool sudden swell swelling Synonym the through to␣the Transitive Uncountable unduly upper used while who wind with words

15 English words from 26 foreign definitions

Alito aria Canada Cigarette dem des Fare jetable Person Schlag Singular Tricktrack vapor Verbs welches

64 foreign words from 26 foreign definitions

Abschnittes abwertend Aktiv Anglicisme Arnaque auch Baforada Bausch beinloser Biologie bobard Bouffée Brettspiel Chromosoms Chupada Cigarette␣électronique cigarro de␣la dumpf Echar ein eines électronique Émettre esalazione fausse fausse␣nouvelle fumée für Gebäude Geräusch harmloser heute Hojaldre humo Imperativ Jadear Jadeo klingenden kurz landschaftlich Lautmalerisch leichter macchina Namen niedriger nouvelle Nube Onomatopeico Präsens puffen rumore sbuffante Soplo tonfo tromperie Umgangssprachlich unter Veraltend Veraltet verhältnismäßig verhüllend Vieilli Wäschepuff

89 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

puffa puffs puffy puffas puffed puffer puffet puffin puff␣up puff-box puffers puffery puffest puffeth puffets puffier puffily puffing puffins puffleg puff-leg pufflet puff␣out puffs␣up puffable puffback puffball puffbird puffcorn puffed␣up puffiest puffinet puffings puffinry pufflegs puff-legs puffless pufflets puffling puff␣pipe puff-puff puffadder puff␣adder puffbacks puffballs puffbirds puff-boxes puffed␣out pufferies puffiness +39 words

57 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

Spuffy bepuffs depuffs unpuffs unpuffy airpuffs bepuffed depuffed outpuffs unpuffed bepuffing crab␣puffs depuffing outpuffed puff-puffs unpuffing windpuffs creampuffs cream␣puffs curry␣puffs huffy-puffy outpuffing pink␣puffer pizza␣puffs wankpuffin air␣puff␣test cheese␣puffs cheesy␣puffs Clyde␣puffer Jigglypuffs party␣puffer peter␣puffer pink␣puffers powder␣puffs wankpuffins air␣puff␣tests Clyde␣puffers horned␣puffin love␣in␣a␣puffs party␣puffers peter␣puffers puff,␣puff,␣pass tufted␣puffin horned␣puffins Hufflepuffish huffs␣and␣puffs tufted␣puffins Atlantic␣puffin in␣a␣puff␣of␣smoke Randall's␣puffer +7 words

23 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

apuff bepuff depuff unpuff airpuff outpuff crab␣puff puff-puff windpuff creampuff cream␣puff curry␣puff pizza␣puff cheese␣puff cheesy␣puff Hufflepuff Jigglypuff powderpuff powder-puff powder␣puff sip␣and␣puff huff␣and␣puff love␣in␣a␣puff

2 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

PUF UFF

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

fup FUP f'up

8 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

apuff eff␣up pluff Pluff pouff puffa puffs puffy

10 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

FFP FPU fup FUP f'up pff pfu PUF UFF UPF

29 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

buff Buff BUFF cuff Cuff duff Duff DUFF fuff guff huff Huff kuff luff Luff muff Muff nuff 'nuff Paff pfff piff Poff PUFA PUFs ruff tuff Tuff wuff

3 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

pff PUF UFF

3 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

pluff Pluff pouff

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