pouff

Verb

pouf (third-person singular simple present poufs, present participle poufing, simple past and past participle poufed)

1. (transitive) To make poufy or bouffant.
   • to pouf the hair

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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

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