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Puffer
//ˈpʌfɚ// noun, slang
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Someone or something that puffs.
- 2 any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers wordnet
- 3 Any of several poisonous fish, of the family Tetraodontidae, which have the ability to inflate their bodies when in danger.
- 4 delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver wordnet
- 5 A manually-operated inhaler.
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- 6 A train; a locomotive, usually one that is steam-powered. childish, dated
- 7 A Clyde puffer, a kind of small ship.
- 8 A car left idling to warm up, emitting steam from the rear. slang
- 9 An insulated puffy jacket, such as a down jacket.
- 10 A person who gives exaggerated praise to a product, literary work, etc. dated
- 11 One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at auction to bid up the price; a by-bidder. dated, slang
"Cicero in his Offices declares his opinion , that a vendor ought not to appoint a puffer to raise the price"
- 12 An alchemist; so named from their constant attendance to the bellows of their furnaces. derogatory
- 13 The common, or harbour, porpoise.
- 14 A kier used in dyeing.
- 15 A soffietta.
- 16 A finite pattern that moves like a spaceship but leaves a trail of debris.
"This is the next best thing, which is a pseudo-puffer made by converting a stream of spaceships into puffer output using several c/3 spaceships."
- 17 A security device used to detect traces of explosives or drugs on a person, by blowing puffs of air that pick up tiny particles.
Etymology
From puff + -er. The cellular automata definition is a clipping of puffer train.
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