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Synonyms for puff

smoke

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breathe heavily

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drag

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advertisement

puff something out or up

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for puff

an inhalation, as of a cigar, pipe, or cigarette

to be in a state of motion, as air

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to breathe hard

to increase or seek to increase the importance or reputation of by favorable publicity

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Synonyms for puff

a short light gust of air

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a light inflated pastry or puff shell

exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)

bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together

a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers

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thick cushion used as a seat

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a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)

forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth

smoke and exhale strongly

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suck in or take (air)

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breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted

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make proud or conceited

praise extravagantly

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speak in a blustering or scornful manner

to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"

blow hard and loudly

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gathered for protruding fullness

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