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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Puff \Puff\, a.
   Puffed up; vain. [R.] --Fanshawe.

Puff \Puff\ (p[u^]f), n. [Akin to G. & Sw. puff a blow, Dan.
   puf, D. pof; of imitative origin. Cf. {Buffet}.]
   1. A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth;
      hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a
      whiff. `` To every puff of wind a slave.'' --Flatman.

   2. Anything light and filled with air. Specifically:
      (a) A puffball.
      (b) a kind of light pastry.
      (c) A utensil of the toilet for dusting the skin or hair
          with powder.

   3. An exaggerated or empty expression of praise, especially
      one in a public journal.

   {Puff adder}. (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) Any South African viper belonging to {Clotho} and
          allied genera. They are exceedingly venomous, and have
          the power of greatly distending their bodies when
          irritated. The common puff adder ({Vipera, or Clotho
          arietans}) is the largest species, becoming over four
          feet long. The plumed puff adder ({C. cornuta}) has a
          plumelike appendage over each eye.
      (b) A North American harmless snake ({Heterodon
          platyrrhinos}) which has the power of puffing up its
          body. Called also {hog-nose snake}, {flathead},
          {spreading adder}, and {blowing adder}.

   {Puff bird} (Zo["o]l.), any bird of the genus {Bucco}, or
      family {Bucconid[ae]}. They are small birds, usually with
      dull-colored and loose plumage, and have twelve tail
      feathers. See {Barbet}
      (b) .

Puff \Puff\, v. t.
   1. To drive with a puff, or with puffs.

            The clearing north will puff the clouds away.
                                                  --Dryden.

   2. To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.

            I puff the prostitute away.           --Dryden.

   3. To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with
      puffs; -- often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air.

            The sea puffed up with winds.         --Shak.

   4. To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, or the like;
      -- often with up.

            Puffed up with military success.      --Jowett
                                                  (Thucyd. )

   5. To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public
      attention to by praises; to praise unduly. `` Puffed with
      wonderful skill.'' --Macaulay.

Puff \Puff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Puffed} (p[u^]ft); p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Puffing}.] [Akin to G. puffen to pop, buffet, puff,
   D. poffen to pop, puffen to blow, Sw. puffa to push, to cuff,
   Dan. puffe to pop, thump. See {Puff}, n.]
   1. To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs.

   2. To blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at.

            It is really to defy Heaven to puff at damnation.
                                                  --South.

   3. To breathe quick and hard, or with puffs, as after violent
      exertion.

            The ass comes back again, puffing and blowing, from
            the chase.                            --L' Estrange.

   4. To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated. --Boyle.

   5. To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner;
      hence, to assume importance.

            Then came brave Glory puffing by.     --Herbert.

資料來源 : WordNet®

puff
     adj : gathered for protruding fullness; "puff sleeves" [syn: {puffed}]

puff
     n 1: a short light gust of air [syn: {puff of air}, {whiff}]
     2: a light inflated pastry or puff shell
     3: exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
     4: bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and
        stitched together [syn: {quilt}, {comforter}]
     5: a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for
        applying powder to the skin [syn: {powderpuff}]
     6: thick cushion used as a seat [syn: {ottoman}, {pouf}, {pouffe},
         {hassock}]
     7: 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" [syn: {drag}, {pull}]
     8: forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his
        nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a
        single puff" [syn: {blow}]

puff
     v 1: smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"
          [syn: {whiff}]
     2: suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a
        cigarette" [syn: {drag}, {draw}]
     3: breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners
        reached the finish line, panting heavily" [syn: {pant}, {gasp},
         {heave}]
     4: make proud or conceited; "The sudden fame puffed her ego"
     5: praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Broadway
        production" [syn: {puff up}]
     6: speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of
        man"
     7: to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the
        drugs" [syn: {puff up}, {blow up}, {puff out}]
     8: blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his
        way up the mountain" [syn: {huff}, {chuff}]

資料來源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

puff
     
         To decompress data that has been crunched by
        {Huffman coding}.  At least one widely distributed Huffman
        decoder program was actually *named* "PUFF", but these days it
        is usually packaged with the encoder.
     
        Opposite: {huff}.
     
        [{Jargon File}]
     
        (1996-10-16)