What is the meaning of puffed?

verb

  • Smoke and exhale strongly.
    • usage: "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"
  • Suck in or take (air. )
    • usage: "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette"
  • Breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted.
    • usage: "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"
  • Make proud or conceited.
    • usage: "The sudden fame puffed her ego"
  • Praise extravagantly.
    • usage: "The critics puffed up this Broadway production"
  • Speak in a blustering or scornful manner.
    • usage: "A puffing kind of man"
  • (v.) ()
  • Blow hard and loudly.
    • usage: "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"

adjective

  • Gathered for protruding fullness.
    • usage: "puff sleeves"
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