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puff-puff

puff-puff noun: a traditional African snack made of fried dough.

Noun

puff-puff (countable and uncountable, plural puff-puffs)

  1. A traditional African snack made of fried dough.
  2. (childish) train (vehicle)

Forms of puff-puff

pluralpuff-puffs

Questions about puff-puff

What does puff-puff mean?
Puff-puff means a traditional African snack made of fried dough.
What part of speech is puff-puff?
Puff-puff is a noun.
What is the plural of puff-puff?
The plural of puff-puff is puff-puffs.

Words near puff-puff in the dictionary

  1. puff-leg
  2. puff-legged
  3. puff-legs
  4. puff-pastries
  5. puff-pastry
  6. puff-puff
  7. puff-puffs
  8. puffa
  9. puffable
  10. puffadder
  11. puffadders

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