1. (

• puff ,
• whiff ,

) smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe" ;

2. (

• puff ,
• drag ,
• draw ,

) suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette" ;

3. (

• pant ,
• puff ,
• gasp ,
• heave ,

) breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily" ;

4. (

• puff

) make proud or conceited; "The sudden fame puffed her ego" ;

5. (

• puff ,
• puff_up

) praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Broadway production" ;

6. (

• puff

) speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of man" ;

7. (

• puff ,
• puff_up ,
• blow_up ,
• puff_out

) to swell or cause to enlarge; "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests" ;

8. (

• puff ,
• huff ,
• chuff

) blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain" ;

1. (

• puff ,
• puffed

) gathered for protruding fullness; "puff sleeves" ;