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Pouf
//pʊf// intj, noun, verb
Definitions
Intj
- 1 Onomatopoeia indicating a cloud of smoke or wind; caused by a deflating object, or a magical disappearance.
"Pouf, he was gone."
Noun
- 1 A headdress for women popular in 18th century France. historical
- 2 thick cushion used as a seat wordnet
- 3 A high hair style for women consisting of a roll or pad of hair, worn up.
"Hosaka, nearly everyone agrees, is a master of detail, an artist who tends his poodles’ poufs as if they were bonsai trees from his native Japan."
- 4 offensive term for a homosexual man wordnet
- 5 Part of an item of clothing consisting of gathered fabric in a bunch.
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- 6 A low cushioned seat with no back; a padded footstool.
"The voice came from the end of the divan but Hermione, seated square before the fire on a low pouffe did not turn to face its suave producer."
- 7 A short skirt gathered into a rounded puffy shape; a puffball.
- 8 A ball of fabric (such as nylon monofilament netting) used for washing (as an alternative to a flannel, washcloth, sponge, etc.).
- 9 A small saddle cushion worn atop the buttocks (as a fashion trend – similar to a bustle). dated
- 10 Alternative form of puff alt-of, alternative
- 11 Alternative form of poof. alt-of, alternative
"The same sort of blatant hypocrisy manifest in a tabloid paper notorious for its daily combination of a topless female centerfold with articles condemning the "immorality" of "poufs" and "queers.""
Verb
- 1 To make poufy or bouffant. transitive
"to pouf the hair"
Etymology
Etymology 1
From French pouf, pouff, of imitative origin; compare puff.
Etymology 2
From French pouf, pouff, of imitative origin; compare puff.
Etymology 3
Imitative.
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