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[syn: puff, puffed]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Puff \Puff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Puffed (p[u^]ft); p. pr. &
   vb. n. Puffing.] [Akin to G. puffen to pop, buffet, puff,
   D. poffen to pop, puffen to blow, Sw. puffa to push, to cuff,
   Dan. puffe to pop, thump. See Puff, n.]
   1. To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs.
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   2. To blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at.
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            It is really to defy Heaven to puff at damnation.
                                                  --South.
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   3. To breathe quick and hard, or with puffs, as after violent
      exertion.
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            The ass comes back again, puffing and blowing, from
            the chase.                            --L' Estrange.
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   4. To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated. --Boyle.
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   5. To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner;
      hence, to assume importance.
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            Then came brave Glory puffing by.     --Herbert.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
puffed
    adj 1: gathered for protruding fullness; "puff sleeves" [syn:
           puff, puffed]