(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If someone ~s at a cigarette, cigar, or pipe, they smoke it.
He lit a cigar and ~ed at it twice...
VERB: V at/on n
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Puff is also a noun.
She was taking quick ~s at her cigarette like a beginner.
= drag
N-COUNT
2.
If you ~ smoke or moisture from your mouth or if it ~s from your mouth, you breathe it out.
Richard lit another cigarette and ~ed smoke towards the ceiling...
The weather was dry and cold; wisps of steam ~ed from their lips.
VERB: V n, V prep
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Puff out means the same as ~ .
He drew heavily on his cigarette and ~ed out a cloud of smoke.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron)
3.
If an engine, chimney, or boiler ~s smoke or steam, clouds of smoke or steam come out of it.
As I completed my 26th lap the Porsche ~ed blue smoke.
VERB: V n
4.
A ~ of something such as air or smoke is a small amount of it that is blown out from somewhere.
Wind caught the sudden ~ of dust and blew it inland.
N-COUNT: usu N of n
5.
If you are ~ing, 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 ~ing.
VERB: usu cont, V
6.
see also ~ed