adjective
gathered for protruding fullness
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- puff sleeves
verb
smoke and exhale strongly
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- puff a cigar
- whiff a pipe
verb
suck in or take (air)
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- draw a deep breath
- draw on a cigarette
verb
breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
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- The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily
verb
make proud or conceited
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- The sudden fame puffed her ego
verb
praise extravagantly
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- The critics puffed up this Broadway production
verb
speak in a blustering or scornful manner
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- A puffing kind of man
verb
to swell or cause to enlarge
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puff
puff up
blow up
puff out
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- Her faced puffed up from the drugs
- puffed out chests
verb
blow hard and loudly
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- he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain