puft

verb, noun — 2 senses

puft

verb

Etymology From Middle English poften (“to puff, pant”), from Old English *puffettan, from Proto-West Germanic *puffattjan (“to puff repeatedly, pant”), equivalent to puff + -t.

1

Ambitransitive, Obsolete To puff.

puft

noun

Etymology From Middle English poften (“to puff, pant”), from Old English *puffettan, from Proto-West Germanic *puffattjan (“to puff repeatedly, pant”), equivalent to puff + -t.

1

Archaic A puff.

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