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puff the magic dragon

puff the magic dragon verb: to smoke marijuana.

Verb

puff the magic dragon (third-person singular simple present puffs the magic dragon, present participle puffing the magic dragon, simple past and past participle puffed the magic dragon)

  1. (humorous, slang) To smoke marijuana.
    • Sure, he puffed the magic dragon — who didn't? — but no cocaine, no heroin.2006, Richard Greener, The Lacey Confession

puff the magic dragon meaning in Bengali

puff the magic dragon in Bengali

গাঁজা ধূমপান করা

Forms of puff the magic dragon

third-person singular presentpuffs the magic dragon
present participlepuffing the magic dragon
past participlepuffed the magic dragon
pastpuffed the magic dragon

Origin of puff the magic dragon

From the name of a song, Puff, the Magic Dragon (1963), reinterpreting puff as a verb. The authors of the song have repeatedly denied that it is about marijuana.

Questions about puff the magic dragon

What does puff the magic dragon mean?
Puff the magic dragon means to smoke marijuana.
What is puff the magic dragon in Bengali?
Puff the magic dragon in Bengali is গাঁজা ধূমপান করা. See Puff the magic dragon meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is puff the magic dragon?
Puff the magic dragon is a verb.
What is the past tense of puff the magic dragon?
The past tense of puff the magic dragon is puffed the magic dragon.

Words near puff the magic dragon in the dictionary

  1. puff pastry
  2. puff piece
  3. puff pieces
  4. puff pipe
  5. puff pipes
  6. puff the magic dragon
  7. puff up
  8. puff, puff, pass
  9. puff-box
  10. puff-boxes
  11. puff-fish

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: puff the magic dragon (page history and authors); puff the magic dragon (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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