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Definizione monolingua


puff


Verb

puff (third-person singular simple present puffs, present participle puffing, simple past and past participle puffed)


  1. (intransitive) To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs.
  2. (intransitive) To pant.
    • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter VI
      We ran for the better part of a mile without hearing anything more from the direction of the harbor, and then I reduced the speed to a walk, for the exercise was telling on us who had been cooped up for so long in the confined interior of the U-33. Puffing and panting, we plodded on until within about a mile of the harbor we came upon a sight that brought us all up standing.
  3. (transitive, archaic) To advertise
Noun

puff (countable and uncountable; plural puffs)


  1. (countable) A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.
  2. (uncountable) The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.
    out of puff
  3. (countable) A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.
    puff of smoke
    puff of wind
  4. (informal, countable) An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe.
  5. (countable) A flamboyant or alluring statement about an objects quality.
    • 1842, ""A Paper on Puffing"", in Ainsworths Magazine
      Is nothing to be said in praise of the ""Emporiums"" and ""Repositories"" and ""Divans,"" which formerly were mere insignificant tailors, toymens, and tobacconists shops? Is the transition from the barbers pole to the revolving bust of the perruquier, nothing? — the leap from the bare counter-traversed shop to the carpeted and mirrored saloon of trade, nothing? Arc they not, one and all, practical puffs, intended to invest commerce with elegance, and to throw a halo round extravagance?
    • 1848, Mrs. White, ""Puffs and Puffing"", in Sharpes London Magazine
      Here the duke is made the vehicle of the tailors advertisement, and the prelusive compliments, ostensibly meant for his grace, merge into a covert recommendation of the coat. Several specimens might be given of this species of puff, which is to be met with in almost every paper, and is a favourite form with booksellers, professional men, &e.
    • 2008, David Paton-Williamspage, Katterfelto, page xii
      He was the eighteenth century king of spin, or, in the language of the day, the ""prince of puff"".
  6. (uncountable, slang) The drug cannabis.
  7. (countable) A light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc.
    cream puff
  8. (derogatory, slang, UK, particularly northern UK) a homosexual; a poof
  9. (slang, dated) life
    • 1938, P. G. Wodehouse (Bertie Wooster speaking of Spode) in The Code of the Woosters
      Did you ever in your puff see such a perfect perisher?

Definizione dizionario puff


sbuffo
  sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth
  small quantity of gas or smoke in the air
bignè
  type of cake
soffio
  small quantity of gas or smoke in the air
boccata
  informal: act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe
bombolone
  type of cake
decantare
  to advertise
fiato
  ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself
incensare
  to advertise
pasta sfoglia
  type of cake
refolo
  small quantity of gas or smoke in the air
respiro
  ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself
spinello
  slang: cannabis
uscire a sbuffi
  to emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs
alito
ansimare
checca
frocio
fumare
omosessuale
sbuffare
soffiare

Altri significati:
  (countable) A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.
  (slang, dated) life
  (countable) A flamboyant or alluring statement about an object's quality.
  (uncountable, slang) The drug cannabis.
  (intransitive) To pant.
  smoke (e.g. a pipe)
  (transitive, archaic) To advertise
  (countable) A light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc.
  (countable) A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.
  (a) dose
  (informal, countable) An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe.
  (uncountable) The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.
  (derogatory, slang, UK, particularly northern UK) a homosexual; a poof
  (intransitive) To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs.

Traduzione puff


sbuffo ,bignè ,soffio ,boccata ,bombolone

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