Past tense of puff
regular verb
The past tense of puff is puffed. The past participle is also puffed.
Forms of puff
| Base form (V1) | puff /pʌf/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | puffed /pʌft/ |
| Past participle (V3) | puffed /pʌft/ |
| Present participle | puffing |
| Third person singular | puffs /pʌfs/ |
Puffed in a sentence
- Still on the down line, the engine puffed away to the South, and in a few moments had disappeared in the darkness!1950 January, David L. Smith, “A Runaway at Beattock”, in Railway Magazine, page 53
- a bladder puffed with air
- Joe puffed on his pipe and blew a couple of smoke rings.From the entry blow
- He had his cheeks puffed out as if his mouth was full of water.From the entry puffed out
- Since he was elected school prefect, he’s become really puffed up.From the entry puffed up
Meaning of puff
- noun A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.
- noun The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.
- noun A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.
Questions about the past tense of puff
- What is the past tense of puff?
- The past tense of puff is puffed.
- What is the past participle of puff?
- The past participle of puff is puffed.
- Is puff a regular or irregular verb?
- Puff is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: puff (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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