Word

puff, v.
(puffed, puffing, puffs)
freq. cnt. 4

smoke and exhale strongly
<verb.consumption> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

puff whiff

sample sentences

"puff a cigar"
"whiff a pipe"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

puffing puff

semantic pointers

hypernym

smoke

breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
<verb.body> freq. cnt.: 20 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

gasp heave pant puff

sample sentences

"The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"

verb frames

Somebody ----s

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

panting pant

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

gasp

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

puffing puff

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

heaving

semantic pointers

hypernym

blow

suck in or take (air)
<verb.consumption> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

drag draw puff

sample sentences

"draw a deep breath"
"draw on a cigarette"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

puff

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

drag

semantic pointers

hypernym

breathe in, inhale, inspire

entailment

smoke

blow hard and loudly
<verb.body> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

chuff huff puff

sample sentences

"he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"

verb frames

Somebody ----s

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Somebody ----s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

puffing puff

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

huffing

semantic pointers

hypernym

blow

to swell or cause to enlarge
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

blow up puff puff out puff up

sample sentences

"Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
"puffed out chests"

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
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Did his feet %s?

verb frames

Something ----s
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Did his feet %s?

verb frames

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Did his feet %s?

verb frames

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Did his feet %s?

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

puffer

semantic pointers

hypernym

swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce

speak in a blustering or scornful manner
<verb.communication>

puff

sample sentences

"A puffing kind of man"

verb frames

Somebody ----s

semantic pointers

hypernym

boast, brag, bluster, tout, swash, shoot a line, gas, blow, vaunt, gasconade

praise extravagantly
<verb.communication>

puff puff up

sample sentences

"The critics puffed up this Broadway production"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
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verb frames

Somebody ----s something
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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

puff

semantic pointers

hypernym

praise

make proud or conceited
<verb.emotion>

puff

sample sentences

"The sudden fame puffed her ego"

verb frames

Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

semantic pointers

hypernym

elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate