puff

puff
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noun
1 of air/smoke/wind
ADJECTIVE
little, small, tiny
PREPOSITION
puff of

a little puff of smoke

2 on a cigarette, pipe, etc.
ADJECTIVE
long
short
VERB + PUFF
have, take

He took a long puff at his cigar and began his story.

PREPOSITION
puff on

a puff on her cigarette

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verb
1 smoke
ADVERB
furiously
contentedly, happily
thoughtfully
away

He puffed away at his cigar.

PREPOSITION
at

She puffed furiously at her cigarette.

on

My father sat puffing contentedly on his pipe.

2 breathe loudly
ADVERB
hard

She was puffing quite hard by the time she reached the office.

loudly
PREPOSITION
along, from

She was still puffing from the climb.

up

He came puffing up the hill.

PHRASES
huff and puff, puff and pant

She puffed and panted behind the others.

puffing and blowing

Far behind us, puffing and blowing, came Matt.

Puff is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑chest
Puff is used with these nouns as the object: ↑chest, ↑cigar

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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