n. 25B6; noun
a puff of wind : GUST, blast, flurry, rush, draught, waft, breeze, breath.
he took a puff at his cigar : PULL; informal drag.
(informal) they expected a puff in our review column : FAVOURABLE MENTION, review, recommendation, good word, advertisement, promotion, commercial; informal ad; Brit. informal advert.
(informal) a salesman's puff : PUBLICITY, advertising, promotion, marketing, propaganda, build-up; patter, line, pitch, sales talk; informal spiel.
25B6; verb
he walked fast, puffing a little : BREATHE HEAVILY, pant, blow; gasp, fight for breath.
she puffed at her cigarette : SMOKE, draw on, drag on, suck at/on.
(informal) new ways to puff our products : ADVERTISE, promote, publicize, push, recommend, endorse, beat the drum for; informal hype (up), plug.
25A0; puff out/up BULGE, swell (out), stick out, distend, tumefy, balloon (up/out), expand, inflate, enlarge.
25A0; puff something out/up DISTEND, expand, dilate, inflate, blow up, pump up, enlarge, bloat.