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unpuff

unpuff verb: to bring out of a puffed-up or puffy state.

Verb

unpuff (third-person singular simple present unpuffs, present participle unpuffing, simple past and past participle unpuffed)

  1. (transitive) To bring out of a puffed-up or puffy state.
    • It's going to take me hours to unpuff my eyes enough to put makeup on again!2011, Kristen Ashley, Rock Chick Regret
    • We had a good laugh that day, but it took some time for him to unpuff his chest as he understood that his sample had few choices in their responses under the circumstances.2015, Dennis J. Stevens, Cops and Docs in America

Forms of unpuff

third-person singular presentunpuffs
present participleunpuffing
past participleunpuffed
pastunpuffed

Origin of unpuff

From un- + puff.

Questions about unpuff

What does unpuff mean?
Unpuff means to bring out of a puffed-up or puffy state.
What part of speech is unpuff?
Unpuff is a verb.
What is the past tense of unpuff?
The past tense of unpuff is unpuffed.

Words near unpuff in the dictionary

  1. unpucker
  2. unpuckered
  3. unpuckering
  4. unpuckers
  5. unpuddled
  6. unpuff
  7. unpuffed
  8. unpuffing
  9. unpuffs
  10. unpuffy
  11. unpugilistic

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