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puff

noun as in blast of air

verb as in inhale or exhale air

verb as in publicize

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Example Sentences

The new observations reveal a star puffing out gas and dust, in the last stages before it becomes a supernova.

We get our beef on Wednesdays, clean it and create all the necessary components including the crepes, mushroom duxelle and puff pastry on Thursdays.

From Salon

"He got even more angry and puffed up a bit more and looked like he was actually going to chuck me in and my daughter," she said.

From BBC

The retired aerospace engineer, who lives in Sierra Madre, did about four reps before his teeth clenched, his legs trembled and he let out short puffs of air through pursed lips.

When he mocks and ridicules people who many right-leaning men believe have disrespected them, it puffs them up a little bit.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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