Word Meaning

Meaning of "puffs" and the crossword clue

- Air draught
- Blow up adder
- Breathe hard
- Buttery pastry
- Draught of air turns up very loudly
- Gasp
- Gasp at adder or pastry
- Give a short explosive burst of breath
- Huff and ...
- Short quick blast of breath
- Smoke a pipe
- To gasp
- Light blasts of air
- Pants
- Pastry items
- A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff.
- Anything light and filled with air.
- A puffball.
- a kind of light pastry.
- A utensil of the toilet for dusting the skin or hair with powder.
- An exaggerated or empty expression of praise, especially one in a public journal.
- To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs.
- To blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at.
- To breathe quick and hard, or with puffs, as after violent exertion.
- To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
- To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
- To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
- To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
- To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with puffs; -- often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air.
- To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, or the like; -- often with up.
- To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.
- Puffed up; vain.