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puffed adjective [ pʌfd ]

• out of breath.
• "he felt puffed after climbing to the top of the apartment block"
Similar: out of breath, breathless, short of breath, puffed out, panting, puffing, huffing and puffing, puffing and blowing, gasping, gasping for breath, wheezing, wheezy, winded, short-winded, out of puff,
• swollen.
• "symptoms include puffed eyelids"

puff verb

• breathe in repeated short gasps.
• "exercises that make you puff"
Similar: breathe heavily, breathe loudly/rapidly/quickly, pant, puff and pant, puff and blow, blow, gasp, fight for breath, catch one's breath,
• swell or become swollen.
• "he suddenly sucked his stomach in and puffed his chest out"
Similar: bulge, swell (out), stick out, distend, belly (out), balloon (up/out), expand, inflate, enlarge, tumefy, intumesce, cause to swell, cause to bulge, dilate, blow up, pump up, bloat,
• advertise with exaggerated or false praise.
• "publishers have puffed the book on the grounds that it contains new discoveries"
Similar: advertise, promote, give publicity to, publicize, push, recommend, commend, endorse, put in a good word for, beat the drum for, give a puff to, hype (up), plug, merchandise,
Origin: Middle English: imitative of the sound of a breath, perhaps from Old English pyf (noun), pyffan (verb).


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