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1. noun1) (a small blast of air, wind etc; a gust: A puff of wind moved the branches.) souffle, bouffée2) (any of various kinds of soft, round, light or hollow objects: a powder puff; ( also adjective) puff sleeves.) houppe(tte); manche bouffante2. verb1) (to blow in small blasts: Stop puffing cigarette smoke into my face!; He puffed at his pipe.) tirer/émettre des bouffées de fumée2) (to breathe quickly, after running etc: He was puffing as he climbed the stairs.) haleter•- puffed- puffy - puff pastry - puff out - puff up -
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Ⅰ.puff1 [pʌf](a) (smoke → cigar, pipe) tirer des bouffées de(b) (emit, expel)∎ to puff (out) smoke/steam envoyer des nuages de fumée/des jets de vapeur;∎ he sat opposite me puffing smoke in my face! il était assis en face de moi et m'envoyait sa fumée en pleine figure!∎ "I can't go on", he puffed "je n'en peux plus", haleta-t-il(d) (swell → sail, parachute) gonfler∎ to puff (away) at one's pipe tirer sur sa pipe, tirer des bouffées de sa pipe∎ I was puffing as I climbed the stairs je haletais en montant l'escalier;∎ he was puffing and panting il soufflait comme un phoque;∎ I puffed along beside her je courais, tout essoufflé, à ses côtés∎ to puff on one's cigar tirer sur son cigare(d) (issue → smoke, steam) sortir∎ the train puffed into the station le train entra en gare dans un nuage de fumée;∎ the steam engine puffed into view la fumée indiqua l'arrivée du train3 noun∎ her breath came in short puffs elle haletait;∎ a puff of dust/smoke on the horizon un nuage de poussière/fumée à l'horizon;∎ figurative all our plans went up in a puff of smoke tous nos projets sont partis en fumée ou se sont évanouis(b) (on cigarette, pipe) bouffée f;∎ to have or to take a puff tirer une bouffée;∎ give me a puff (of your cigarette) passe-moi une bouffée(c) (sound → of train) teuf-teuf m∎ to be out of puff être à bout de souffle ou essoufflé□∎ puffs of cloud in the sky des moutons mpl ou des petits nuages mpl dans le ciel∎ (powder) puff houppe f (à poudrer), houpette f∎ cream puff chou m à la crème(i) familiar old-fashioned (free publicity) publicité f gratuite□ ; (favourable publicity) battage m;∎ to give sth a puff faire de la réclame ou du battage pour qch►► Zoology puff adder vipère f heurtante;puff sleeves manches fpl ballon➲ puff out(a) (extinguish) souffler, éteindre (en soufflant)(b) (inflate, make rounded → cheeks, sail) gonfler; (→ chest) bomber; (→ cushion, hair) faire bouffer;∎ the pigeon puffed out its feathers le pigeon fit gonfler ses plumes;∎ the wind puffed out the sails les voiles se gonflèrent∎ to puff out smoke/steam envoyer des nuages de fumée/de vapeur(a) (parachute, sail) se gonfler(b) (be emitted → smoke) s'échapper➲ puff up(b) (usu passive) (swell → lip, ankle etc) enfler;∎ her eyes were puffed up elle avait les yeux bouffis;∎ figurative to be puffed up with pride être bouffi d'orgueil(lip, ankle etc) enfler, bouffirⅡ. -
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A n1 (of air, smoke, steam) bouffée f ; (of breath: from mouth) souffle m ; to blow out the candles in one puff souffler les bougies d'un seul coup ; to take a puff at tirer une bouffée de [cigarette, pipe] ; to vanish ou disappear in a puff of smoke lit disparaître dans un nuage de fumée ; fig partir en fumée ; puffs of cloud quelques petits nuages ;2 ○ GB ( breath) souffle m ; to be out of puff ○ être essoufflé, être à bout de souffle ; to get one's puff ○ back reprendre son souffle ;4 Cosmet = powder puff ;6 ○ ( favourable review) article m élogieux ; ( favourable publicity) battage ○ m ; to give a puff to faire du battage autour de [play, show].B vtr1 tirer sur [pipe] ; to puff smoke [person, chimney, train] lancer des bouffées de fumée ; to puff smoke into sb's face envoyer de la fumée à la figure de qn ;2 ○ ( praise) faire du battage ○ autour de [book, film, play].C vi1 souffler ; smoke puffed from the chimney des bouffées de fumée s'échappaient de la cheminée ; to puff (away) at tirer des bouffées de [pipe, cigarette] ; to puff in/out/along [train] entrer/sortir/avancer en lançant des bouffées de fumée ;2 ( pant) souffler, haleter ; he was puffing hard ou puffing and panting il soufflait comme un bœuf ; she came puffing and blowing up the hill elle s'essoufflait en montant la côte.■ puff out:▶ puff out [sth], puff [sth] out1 ( swell) gonfler [sails] ; to puff out one's cheeks gonfler ses joues ; to puff out one's chest bomber le torse ; the bird puffed out its feathers l'oiseau a hérissé ses plumes ;▶ puff [sb] out ○ essouffler ; the run had puffed him out ○ il était tout essoufflé d'avoir couru.■ puff up:▶ puff up [sth], puff [sth] up hérisser [feathers, fur] ; her eyes were all puffed up elle avait les yeux bouffis ; to be puffed up with pride être rempli d'orgueil. -
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puff [pʌf]1. noun( = blow) souffler ; ( = pant) haleter• to puff smoke [chimney, person] envoyer des bouffées de fumée4. compounds[eye, face] enfler( = inflate) gonfler* * *[pʌf] 1.1) (of air, smoke, steam) bouffée f; ( of breath) souffle mto disappear in a puff of smoke — lit disparaître dans un nuage de fumée; fig partir en fumée
2) (colloq) GB ( breath) souffle m3) Culinary feuilleté m4) (colloq) ( favourable review) article m élogieux; ( favourable publicity) battage (colloq) m2.transitive verb1) tirer sur [pipe]2) (colloq) ( praise) faire du battage (colloq) autour de3.1) soufflerto puff (away) at — tirer des bouffées de [cigarette]
to puff along — [train] avancer en lançant des bouffées de fumée
2) ( pant) souffler•Phrasal Verbs:- puff out- puff up
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