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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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Even experienced bakers can struggle with puff pastry (myself included), but, thankfully, the store-bought stuff can be just as good, or better.
Clearly unimpressed with the backlash, Lord Sugar retweeted one fan's explanation that the joke was referring to "puffs of hot air" to describe some of his less favoured Apprentice candidates.
1 Cut discs of puff pastry about 5 cm in diameter (you will have loads of pastry left).
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Players can use Shrinker in which they can remove one Puffs of their choice except those affected with fire.
You can also slice the puffs in the center and fill them with your favorite sandwich filling.
The chocolate versions are slightly better than the vanilla cream puffs. The double chocolate crunch cream puff is filled with chocolate cream, then dipped in chocolate, and topped with crunchy chocolate balls.
As a proxy for "premonitory urges," half of the participants were given air puffs to their left eye to create an urge to blink.
I HAVE ALWAYS CONSIDERED CREAM puffs to be the province of the French, until I discovered the Japanese version last month in San Francisco.
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On exiting the nozzle, the rice puffs up as steam expands and escapes.
Designer Shane and Phalguni Peacock say, " Since a puffed sleeves is going to make your shoulders look big , it's better to go for moderately voluminous puffs if you are broad shouldered.