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puft.

To puff.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. To puff.

    ambitransitive · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English poften (“to puff, pant”), from Old English *puffettan, from Proto-West Germanic *puffattjan (“to puff repeatedly, pant”), equivalent to puff + -t.

noun
  1. A puff.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

From Middle English poften (“to puff, pant”), from Old English *puffettan, from Proto-West Germanic *puffattjan (“to puff repeatedly, pant”), equivalent to puff + -t.

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