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(1):

(v. t.) To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, or the like; - often with up.

(2):

(v. t.) To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.

(3):

(v. t.) To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.

(4):

(n.) To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.

(5):

(a.) Puffed up; vain.

(6):

(v. t.) To drive with a puff, or with puffs.

(7):

(n.) Anything light and filled with air.

(8):

(n.) To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs.

(9):

(n.) To blow, as an expression of scorn; - with at.

(10):

(n.) A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff.

(11):

(n.) An exaggerated or empty expression of praise, especially one in a public journal.

(12):

(n.) A utensil of the toilet for dusting the skin or hair with powder.

(13):

(n.) a kind of light pastry.

(14):

(n.) A puffball.

(15):

(n.) To breathe quick and hard, or with puffs, as after violent exertion.

(16):

(n.) To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.

(17):

(v. t.) To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with puffs; - often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Puff'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/puff.html. 1828.
 
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