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See definition of puff on Dictionary.com
  • nounblast of air
  • nounadvertisement
  • verbinhale or exhale air
  • verbpublicize

synonyms for puff

  • whiff
  • wisp
  • breath
  • draft
  • drag
  • draught
  • draw
  • emanation
  • flatus
  • flurry
  • gust
  • pull
  • smoke
  • waft
  • wind
See also synonyms for: puffed / puffing
  • advertising
  • blurb
  • boost
  • buildup
  • commendation
  • hype
  • plug
  • praise
  • promotion
  • publicity
  • puffery
  • push
  • favorable mention
  • good word
  • laudation
  • press-agentry
  • promo
  • sales talk
  • write-up
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On this page you'll find 181 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to puff, such as: whiff, wisp, breath, draft, drag, and draught.

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How to use puff in a sentence

For me, that means no super-rich dips, no fussily layered toasts, and definitely nothing involving puff pastry or muffin tins or toothpicks.
A HOLIDAY SNACKING GAME PLAN THAT WON’T STRESS YOU OUTELAZAR SONTAGNOVEMBER 23, 2020EATER
Dust your work surface with flour to prevent sticking, and roll your puff pastry into a rectangle about eight inches long.
EASE INTO WINTER WITH BACKCOUNTRY-APPROVED COMFORT FOODCHRISTINA BERNSTEINNOVEMBER 12, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINE
Yet, “I Have Something to Tell You” isn’t your typical, political puff piece.
‘I HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU’ NOT TYPICAL, POLITICAL PUFF PIECEKATHI WOLFESEPTEMBER 24, 2020WASHINGTON BLADE
By the 1960s, researchers discovered that flooding the subterranean reservoirs with steam or injecting it in cycles, through a process known as “huff and puff,” worked well.
OIL COMPANIES ARE PROFITING FROM ILLEGAL SPILLS. AND CALIFORNIA LETS THEM.BY JANET WILSON, THE DESERT SUN, AND LYLLA YOUNES, PROPUBLICASEPTEMBER 18, 2020PROPUBLICA
It plays relaxing music at just the right volume, releases a puff of light lavender-scented essential oil, and maybe even says some meditative quotes to calm you down.
CARS WILL SOON BE ABLE TO SENSE AND REACT TO YOUR EMOTIONSVANESSA BATES RAMIREZJULY 29, 2020SINGULARITY HUB 
This vast puff of smoke, which still hasn’t fully dissipated, spanned roughly 1,000 kilometers — about the width of Montana.
SMOKE FROM AUSTRALIAN FIRES ROSE HIGHER INTO THE OZONE LAYER THAN EVER BEFOREMARIA TEMMINGJUNE 15, 2020SCIENCE NEWS
It was a white silk, with an immense train, of course, and without overskirt—simply caught up in a great puff behind.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAY
It curled and twisted in the embers as if it had been a living thing; a puff of smoke, a pungent odour, and it was gone.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLS
The horse made a spring to one side, and the beautiful new pipe was broken before the old hero had taken a single puff.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.
The flounces were so full and fluffy that he held his knees back nervously lest he should disturb a puff.
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WORDS RELATED TO PUFF

  • PR
  • acclamation
  • acknowledgment
  • applause
  • approbation
  • celebration
  • cheering
  • clapping
  • commendation
  • eulogizing
  • exaltation
  • honor
  • kudos
  • pat on the back
  • pat on the head
  • plaudits
  • praise
  • puff
  • pumping up
  • rave
  • recognition
  • strokes
  • stroking
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