PLUFF

Noun

pluff (plural pluffs)

(Scotland) A puff of smoke or dust.

(Scotland) A hairdresser's powder puff.

(Scotland) The act of using a powder puff.

Verb

pluff (third-person singular simple present pluffs, present participle pluffing, simple past and past participle pluffed)

To dust or to puff with smoke.

(Scotland) To throw out, as smoke, dust, etc, in puffs.

Source: Wiktionary


Pluff, v. t. Etym: [Prob. of imitative origin.]

Definition: To throw out, as smoke, dust, etc., in puffs. [Scot.]

Pluff, n.

1. A puff, as of smoke from a pipe, or of dust from a puffball; a slight explosion, as of a small quantity of gunpowder. [Scot.]

2. A hairdresser's powder puff; also, the act of using it. [Scot.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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