puff

smoke and exhale strongly

• “puff a cigar”
• “whiff a pipe”

suck in or take (air)

• “draw a deep breath”
• “draw on a cigarette”

breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted

• “The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily”

make proud or conceited

• “The sudden fame puffed her ego”

praise extravagantly

• “The critics puffed up this Broadway production”

speak in a blustering or scornful manner

• “A puffing kind of man”

to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"

• “puffed out chests”

blow hard and loudly

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

a short light gust of air

a light inflated pastry or puff shell

exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)

bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together

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

thick cushion used as a seat

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”

forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth

• “he gave his nose a loud blow”
• “he blew out all the candles with a single puff”

gathered for protruding fullness

• “puff sleeves”