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  • 21puff — puff1 [pʌf] v [: Old English; Origin: pyffan, from the sound] 1.) to breathe quickly and with difficulty after the effort of running, carrying something heavy etc ▪ George puffed and panted and he tried to keep up. puff along/up etc ▪ An old man… …

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  • 22puff — I UK [pʌf] / US verb Word forms puff : present tense I/you/we/they puff he/she/it puffs present participle puffing past tense puffed past participle puffed 1) [intransitive/transitive] to smoke a cigarette, pipe etc puff on/at: Grandad sat in the …

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  • 23puff — 1 verb 1 (I) to breathe quickly and with difficulty after running, carrying something heavy etc: Catherine was puffing loudly as she carried the box into the room. (+ up/along etc): Duncan passed me, puffing up the hill. see also: huff and puff… …

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  • 24puff — /pʌf / (say puf) noun 1. a short, quick blast, as of wind or breath. 2. an abrupt emission of air, vapour, etc. 3. a single inhalation and exhalation, as of a cigarette. 4. the sound of an abrupt emission of air, etc. 5. a small quantity of… …

  • 25puff — [[t]pʌf[/t]] n. 1) a short, quick blast or emission of air, smoke, vapor, etc 2) a small emission of vapor, smoke, etc 3) the sound of an emission of vapor, smoke, etc 4) cvb an act of inhaling and exhaling, as on a cigarette or pipe; whiff 5) an …

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  • 26puff — puffingly, adv. /puf/, n. 1. a short, quick blast, as of wind or breath. 2. an abrupt emission of air, smoke, vapor, etc. 3. an act of inhaling and exhaling, as on a cigarette or pipe; whiff. 4. the sound of an abrupt emission of air, vapor, etc …

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  • 27Puff model — The Puff model is a volcanic ash tracking model developed at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. It requires windfield data on a geographic grid covering the area over which ash may be dispersed. Representative ash particles are initiated at the… …

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  • 28Puff, the Magic Dragon — Infobox Single Name = Puff, the Magic Dragon Artist = Peter, Paul and Mary from Album = Moving B side = Released = 1963 Format = Recorded = 1963 Genre = Folk, Pop Length = 3:20 Label = Warner Bros/Wea Writer = Leonard Lipton, Peter Yarrow… …

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  • 29puff — [[t]pʌ̱f[/t]] puffs, puffing, puffed 1) VERB If someone puffs at a cigarette, cigar, or pipe, they smoke it. [V at/on n] He lit a cigar and puffed at it twice... [V at/on n] He nodded and puffed on a stubby pipe as he listened. [Also V n, V] …

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  • 30puff — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 of air/smoke/wind ADJECTIVE ▪ little, small, tiny PREPOSITION ▪ puff of ▪ a little puff of smoke …

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