Definitions
breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
Word origin
From Middle English puff, puf, from Old English pyf (“a blast of wind, puff”), from Proto-West Germanic *puf(f)- (“to blow, puff”), of imitative origin. Cognate with Dutch puf (“puff, wind, fart”), Middle Low German puf, pof (“puff”).
Used in a sentence
“out of puff”
“puff of smoke”
“to every puff of wind a slave”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Brief breath”4 letters
02“Small burst of air”4 letters
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