puff

VERBNOUNADJECTIVE /pəf/
4 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH P

puff is a valid 4-letter word worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
P3U1F4F4
3 + 1 + 4 + 4 =12 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 24TRIPLE WORD → 36
MEANING

What does puff mean?

VERB · 8 SENSES
1

Suck in or take (air).

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2

Breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted.

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3

Praise extravagantly.

“The critics puffed up this Broadway production”

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4

Make proud or conceited.

“The sudden fame puffed her ego”

5

Speak in a blustering or scornful manner.

“A puffing kind of man”

6

Blow hard and loudly.

“he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain”

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7

To swell or cause to enlarge.

“Her faced puffed up from the drugs”

“puffed out chests”

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8

Smoke and exhale strongly.

“puff a cigar”

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NOUN · 8 SENSES
1

Forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth.

“he blew out all the candles with a single puff”

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2

Thick cushion used as a seat.

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3

A light inflated pastry or puff shell.

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4

Exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes).

5

A short light gust of air.

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6

A slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke).

“he took a puff on his pipe”

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7

A soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin.

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8

Bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together.

ADJECTIVE · 1 SENSE
1

Gathered for protruding fullness.

“puff sleeves”

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