Толковый словарь английского языка - puff

I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pyffan, of imitative origin Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a. to blow in short gusts, to exhale forcibly, to breathe hard ; pant, to emit small whiffs or clouds (as of smoke) often as an accompaniment to vigorous action , to speak or act in a scornful, conceited, or exaggerated manner, 3. to become distended ; swell, to open or appear in or as if in a ~, to form a chromosomal ~, transitive verb 1. to emit, propel, blow, or expel by or as if by ~s ; waft, to draw on (as a cigar, cigarette, or pipe) with intermittent exhalations of smoke, 2. to distend with or as if with air or gas ; inflate, to make proud or conceited ; elate, c. to praise extravagantly and usually with exaggeration , advertise, II. noun Date: 13th century 1. an act or instance of ~ing ; whiff, a slight explosive sound accompanying a ~, a perceptible cloud or aura emitted in a ~, draw 1a, a light round hollow pastry, 3. a slight swelling ; protuberance, a fluffy mass: as, pouf 2, a small fluffy pad for applying cosmetic powder, a soft loose roll of hair, a quilted bed covering, a commendatory or promotional notice or review, an enlarged region of a chromosome that is associated with intensely active genes involved in RNA synthesis, ~iness noun ~y adjective III. adjective Date: 1943 of, relating to, or designed for promotion or flattery