transcription, транскрипция: [ pʌf ]
( puffs, puffing, puffed)
1.
If someone puffs at a cigarette, cigar, or pipe, they smoke it.
He lit a cigar and puffed at it twice...
VERB : V at/on n
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Puff is also a noun.
She was taking quick puffs at her cigarette like a beginner.
= drag
N-COUNT
2.
If you puff smoke or moisture from your mouth or if it puffs from your mouth, you breathe it out.
Richard lit another cigarette and puffed smoke towards the ceiling...
The weather was dry and cold; wisps of steam puffed from their lips.
VERB : V n , V prep
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Puff out means the same as puff .
He drew heavily on his cigarette and puffed out a cloud of smoke.
PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron)
3.
If an engine, chimney, or boiler puffs smoke or steam, clouds of smoke or steam come out of it.
As I completed my 26th lap the Porsche puffed blue smoke.
VERB : V n
4.
A puff of something such as air or smoke is a small amount of it that is blown out from somewhere.
Wind caught the sudden puff of dust and blew it inland.
N-COUNT : usu N of n
5.
If you are puffing , you are breathing loudly and quickly with your mouth open because you are out of breath after a lot of physical effort.
I know nothing about boxing, but I could see he was unfit, because he was puffing.
VERB : usu cont , V
6.
see also puffed