poof

Interjection

1. Onomatopoeia indicating a small explosion with a cloud of smoke; as caused by a deflating object, or a magical disappearance.
   • Poof, he was gone.
   • Even now, in the spring, the river softly cries, 'Menthol, Menthol, you are one wazoo. One day I'm the elf next door and the poof I'm a river.'1969, Beard & Kennedy, Bored of the Rings, page 87

Verb

poof (third-person singular simple present poofs, present participle poofing, simple past and past participle poofed)

1. To vanish or disappear.
   • He poofed into thin air.
   • He's a figment of your subconscious Eric, not mine, so I tapped into Ultimate Reality and poofed him out.2019, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 22
2. (intransitive) To break wind; to fart.

Noun (1)

poof (plural poofs)

1. The product of flatulence, or the sound of breaking wind.

Noun (2)

poof (plural poofs or (less common) pooves)

1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, derogatory) A gay man; especially one who is irritating or contemptible.
   • He recalls how everybody got called a ‘poof’ at Forrester High School in the seventies. Back then, only ‘wanker’ possibly rivalled it as the most common term of abuse. But The Poof was the Poof.2015, Irvine Welsh, A Decent Ride, Random House, →ISBN, page 21