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puffers

puffers is the plural of puffer.

Meaning of puffer

Noun

puffer (plural puffers)

  1. Someone or something that puffs.
  2. Any of several poisonous fish, of the family Tetraodontidae, which have the ability to inflate their bodies when in danger.
  3. A manually-operated inhaler.
    • For years he'd made relatively light of it, referring to the little inhaler he had to use as his ‘puffer’.1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 96
  4. (childish, dated) A train; a locomotive, usually one that is steam-powered.
  5. A Clyde puffer, a kind of small ship.
  6. (slang) A car left idling to warm up, emitting steam from the rear.

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Phrases with puffers

Questions about puffers

What is puffers the plural of?
Puffers is the plural of puffer.

Words near puffers in the dictionary

  1. pufferbellies
  2. pufferbelly
  3. pufferfish
  4. pufferfishes
  5. pufferies
  6. puffers
  7. puffery
  8. puffest
  9. puffet
  10. puffeth
  11. puffets

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