blow puff | forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth, he gave his nose a loud blow, he blew out all the candles with a single puff |
puff drag pull | a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke), he took a puff on his pipe, he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly |
eastern red-backed salamander Plethodon cinereus | common salamander of eastern North America |
western red-backed salamander Plethodon vehiculum | salamander of the Pacific coast of North America |
hognose snake puff adder sand viper | harmless North American snake with upturned nose, may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed |
puff adder Bitis arietans | large African viper that inflates its body when alarmed |
red-backed sandpiper dunlin Erolia alpina | small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions |
black-backed gull great black-backed gull cob Larus marinus | white gull having a black back and wings |
red-backed mouse redback vole | any of several voles of mountainous regions of Eurasia and America |
grey lemming gray lemming red-backed lemming | Old World lemming |
ottoman pouf pouffe puff hassock | thick cushion used as a seat |
powderpuff puff | a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers, for applying powder to the skin |
quilt comforter comfort puff | bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together |
puff | exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes) |
puff paste pate feuillete | dough used for very light flaky rich pastries |
puff batter pouf paste pate a choux | batter for making light hollow cases to hold various fillings |
puff | a light inflated pastry or puff shell |
cream puff chou | puff filled with cream or custard |
puff puff of air whiff | a short light gust of air |
mortgage-backed security | a security created when a group of mortgages are gathered together and bonds are sold to other institutions or the public, investors receive a portion of the interest payments on the mortgages as well as the principal payments, usually guaranteed by the government |
pant puff gasp heave | breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted, The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily |
puff huff chuff | blow hard and loudly, he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain |
puff puff up blow up puff out | to swell or cause to enlarge, Her faced puffed up from the drugs, puffed out chests |
puff up | make larger or distend, The estimates were puffed up |
puff | speak in a blustering or scornful manner, A puffing kind of man |
puff puff up | praise extravagantly, The critics puffed up this Broadway production |
puff whiff | smoke and exhale strongly, puff a cigar, whiff a pipe |
puff drag draw | suck in or take (air), draw a deep breath, draw on a cigarette |
puff | make proud or conceited, The sudden fame puffed her ego |
swell puff up | become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger, The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son |
backed | having a back or backing, usually of a specified type |
high-backed | having a high back, a high-backed sofa |
low-backed | having a low back |
razorback razor-backed | having a sharp narrow back, a razor-backed horse, razorback hogs |
spiny-backed | having the back covered with spines |
stiff-backed | having a stiff back, the guards stood stiff-backed and unsmiling |
straight-backed | having a straight back, a straight-backed wooden chair, a slim straight-backed dancer |
red-coated lobster-backed | used of British soldiers during the American Revolutionary War because of their red coats |
broken-backed hogged | (of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end |
broken-backed | having the spine damaged, a broken-backed book, a broken-backed old horse |
broken-backed | (of a horse) having bones of the back united by a bony growth |
hunched round-backed round-shouldered stooped stooping crooked | having the back and shoulders rounded, not erect, a little oldish misshapen stooping woman |
powder-puff | used of competitive activities in which only women take part, powder-puff baseball, a powder-puff football game |
backed | used of film that is coated on the side opposite the emulsion with a substance to absorb light |
puff puffed | gathered for protruding fullness, puff sleeves |
erectly straight-backed | in a straight-backed manner, the old man still walks erectly |