puff

puff: 1. noun
1) (a small blast of air, wind etc; a gust: A puff of wind moved the branches.) vindpust, drag, blås

2) (any of various kinds of soft, round, light or hollow objects: a powder puff; (also adjective) puff sleeves.) pudderkvast; drag; dott; blaff; puff(erme)
2. verb
1) (to blow in small blasts: Stop puffing cigarette smoke into my face!; He puffed at his pipe.) blåse, dampe, smatte på

2) (to breathe quickly, after running etc: He was puffing as he climbed the stairs.) pese, puste og stønne

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- puffed
- puffy
- puff pastry
- puff out
- puff up

drag
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vatteppe
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vindpust

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subst. \/pʌf\/

1) pust, blaff

2) puff, (røyk)sky

3) trekk, (vind)drag

4) puff, (svakt) knall

• can you hear the puffs from the engine?

kan du høre puffingen fra motoren?

5) (sigarett, sigar, pipe) drag

6) pudderkvast

7) (håndarbeid) puff

8) (matlaging) butterdeig, terte, vannbakkels

9) (om hår) valk, lokk, rull

10) (ublu) reklame

11) (om bok, forestilling e.l.) skrytende anmeldelse

12) (amer.) dunteppe, sengeteppe

13) hevelse, kul

never in one's puff (slang) aldri i livet

out of puff (hverdagslig) andpusten

a puff at something et drag av noe

• he had a puff at the pipe

han tok et drag av pipen

a puff of wind et vindpust

puff pastry (matlaging) butterdeig, terte

run out of puff (hverdagslig) miste pusten
II
verb \/pʌf\/

1) puste, stønne, pruste, gispe, snappe etter pusten

• she puffed out a few words

hun gispet frem et par ord

2) (om røyking) dampe, blåse på, dampe på, patte på

• he is puffing (away) on his cigar

han damper på sigaren

• she is puffing a cigar

hun damper på en sigar

3) blåse (i støt)

4) tøffe, dampe

• the engine puffed out of the station

5) støte ut, puste ut

• the locomotive puffed smoke

6) rulle opp, sette opp

• my mother has puffed my hair

7) pudre

8) lage reklame for, oppreklamere, skape blest om

9) (også puff up) svelle (opp), svulme

puff and blow puste og pese

puffed up with svulmende av

• he was puffed up with pride

han svulmet av stolthet

puff out blåse opp

• the little boy puffed out his cheeks

• she puffed out her chest with pride

hun kroet seg av stolthet

blåse ut

• now you can puff out the candle

puff up blåse opp (overført) gjøre oppblåst

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Synonyms:

Whiff, sudden gust; short, quick blast / Blow in puffs, Blow / Pant, breathe hard, Swell, inflate / Praise (extravagantly), compliment, flatter

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