Puffing

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The practice of writing or publishing puffs, or uncritical or venal praises of another person's productions or wares.
  • noun. In costume, one or more ridges or ribs intended for ornament; ornamentation by means of such ridges. See puffed.
  • noun. In gasteromycetous fungi, the sudden discharging of a cloud of spores. See puffball.
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  • a. & n. from puff, v. i. & t.
  • Same as Puff adder (b), under Puff.
  • the common porpoise.
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  • verb. Present participle of puff.
  • noun. An opinion or judgment, often made by the seller of property to a potential buyer, that is not made as a representation of fact.
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  • noun. blowing tobacco smoke out into the air
  • noun. an act of forcible exhalation
    • Word Usage
    "Perhaps, his huffing and puffing is just venting and release of his demons."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    breathing out  exhalation  expiration  smoke  smoking  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    bluffing  huffing  rebuffing  roughing  ruffing  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    asthmatic  blurb  breathing  breathless  errhine  
    variant
    puff  
    verb-stem
    puff  
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