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[Language: Old English; Origin: pyffan, from the sound]
[I] to breathe quickly and with difficulty after the effort of running, carrying something heavy etc
::George puffed and panted and he tried to keep up.
puff along/up etc
::An old man puffed up to them.
::He caught up with Gary, puffing for breath .
-see also huff and puff at huff 1 (1)
[I and T] also puff away
to breathe in and out while smoking a cigarette or pipe
puff at/on
::Kinane sat in silence, puffing thoughtfully at his pipe.
[I always + adverb/preposition, T] if smoke, steam etc puffs from somewhere, or if something puffs it, it comes out in little clouds
::Steam puffed out of the chimney.
::The boiler was puffing thick black smoke.
::Don't puff smoke into my face.
[I always + adverb/preposition] to move in a particular direction, sending out little clouds of steam or smoke
::The train puffed steadily across the bridge.
puff out [puff sth ¡û¡ú out] phr v
puff out your cheeks/chest
to make your cheeks or chest bigger by filling them with air
::Henry puffed out his chest proudly.
puff up phr v
to become bigger by increasing the amount of air inside, or to make something bigger in this way
::The pastry will puff up while it bakes.
puff sth ¡û¡ú up
::Birds puff up their feathers to keep warm.
if a part of your body puffs up, it swells painfully because of injury or infection
::My eye had puffed up because of a mosquito bite.