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(countable) A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth. / (uncountable) The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.

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puff

IPA（発音記号）

/pʌf/

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日本語の意味

(可算) 口から一瞬にして吐き出される少量の息。 / (不可算) 力を使って運動している際に楽に呼吸できる状態、またはその能力。

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She blew a quick puff of air onto the candle to test the draft.

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彼女はドラフトを確かめるため、ろうそくに向かって素早く小さな息を吹きかけた。

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意味（1）

(countable) A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.

意味（2）

(uncountable) The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.

out of puff

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意味（3）

(countable) A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.

puff of smoke

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意味（4）

(countable) A sudden but small gust of wind, smoke, etc.

to every puff of wind a slave

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(informal, countable) An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe.

When I went to bed that night I found that I could not get to sleep. At five o'clock I got up and took a hot bath. I climbed back into bed and lighted one of the Chinese-made "Great Wall" cigars my hosts had thoughtfully provided, and sat puffing on the cigar and making notes about the events of the momentous week.

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意味（6）

(uncountable, slang) The drug cannabis.

意味（7）

(countable) A flamboyant or alluring statement of praise.

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意味（8）

A portion of fabric gathered up so as to be left full in the middle.

a sleeve with a puff at the shoulder

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意味（9）

(countable) A light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc.

cream puff

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意味（10）

A puffball.

Bozzacchio, an acorne. Also a puffe or mushrump full of dust.

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意味（11）

A powder puff.

意味（12）

(dated, slang) A puffer, one who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at auction to bid up the price; an act or scam of that type.

Is nothing to be said in praise of the "Emporiums" and "Repositories" and "Divans," which formerly were mere insignificant tailors', toymen's, and tobacconists' shops? Is the transition from the barber's pole to the revolving bust of the perruquier, nothing? — the leap from the bare counter-traversed shop to the carpeted and mirrored saloon of trade, nothing? Are they not, one and all, practical puffs, intended to invest commerce with elegance, and to throw a halo round extravagance?

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