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  • 21puff — puff1 [ pʌf ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive to smoke a cigarette, pipe, etc.: puff on/at: Grandad sat in the corner and puffed on his pipe. 2. ) intransitive to breathe or blow out air noisily, especially because you have been running,… …

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  • 22puff up — verb 1. make larger or distend (Freq. 1) The estimates were puffed up • Hypernyms: ↑inflate, ↑blow up, ↑expand, ↑amplify • Verb Frames: Somebody s something …

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  • 23puff — 1 verb 1 (I) to breathe quickly and with difficulty after running, carrying something heavy etc: Catherine was puffing loudly as she carried the box into the room. (+ up/along etc): Duncan passed me, puffing up the hill. see also: huff and puff… …

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  • 24puff — ► NOUN 1) a short burst of breath or wind, or a small quantity of vapour or smoke sent out by such a burst. 2) an act of drawing quickly on a pipe, cigarette, or cigar. 3) a light pastry case, typically filled with cream or jam. 4) informal… …

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  • 25puffer — puff ► NOUN 1) a short burst of breath or wind, or a small quantity of vapour or smoke sent out by such a burst. 2) an act of drawing quickly on a pipe, cigarette, or cigar. 3) a light pastry case, typically filled with cream or jam. 4) informal… …

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  • 26chest — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ barrel, big, broad, huge, manly, massive, muscled, muscular, powerful, strong ▪ …

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  • 27bouffant — bouffancy /booh feuhn see/, n. /booh fahnt , booh fahnt/; Fr. /booh fahonn /, adj. 1. puffed out; full: a bouffant skirt. n. 2. a woman s hair style in which the hair is teased to give an overall puffed out appearance and often combed to frame… …

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  • 28inflated — adj 1. distended, overdistended, dilated, Obs. sufflated; swollen, bloated, puffed out, blown, tumefied, puffy, ballooning; expanded, overexpanded, stretched, stretched out; increased, enlarged, extended, overextended. 2. escalated, stepped up,… …

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  • 29bouffant — bouf•fant [[t]buˈfɑnt, ˈbu fɑnt[/t]] adj. 1) clo puffed out; full: a bouffant skirt[/ex] 2) clo a woman s hairstyle in which the hair is teased to give an overall puffed out appearance • Etymology: 1875–80; < F: lit., swelling …

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  • 30bouffant — [bo͞o fänt′] adj. [Fr, prp. of bouffer, to puff out; akin to It buffare, to blow with puffed cheeks, of echoic orig.] puffed out; full, as some skirts, hair styles, etc …

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