puff

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noun

1 of air/smoke/wind

ADJECTIVE

▪ little, small, tiny

PREPOSITION

▪ puff of

▪

a little puff of smoke

2 on a cigarette, pipe, etc.

ADJECTIVE

▪ long

▪ short

VERB + PUFF

▪ have, take

▪

He took a long puff at his cigar and began his story.

PREPOSITION

▪ puff on

▪

a puff on her cigarette

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verb

1 smoke

ADVERB

▪ furiously

▪ contentedly, happily

▪ thoughtfully

▪ away

▪

He puffed away at his cigar.

PREPOSITION

▪ at

▪

She puffed furiously at her cigarette.

▪ on

▪

My father sat puffing contentedly on his pipe.

2 breathe loudly

ADVERB

▪ hard

▪

She was puffing quite hard by the time she reached the office.

▪ loudly

PREPOSITION

▪ along, from

▪

She was still puffing from the climb.

▪ up

▪

He came puffing up the hill.

PHRASES

▪ huff and puff, puff and pant

▪

She puffed and panted behind the others.

▪ puffing and blowing

▪

Far behind us, puffing and blowing, came Matt.

Puff is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑chest

Puff is used with these nouns as the object: ↑chest, ↑cigar