pouff

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A form of pouf — A headdress for women popular in 18th century France.

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Meanings

verbpouff (third-person singular simple present pouffs, present participle pouffing, simple past and past participle pouffed)

present singular third person pouffs · participle present pouffing · participle past pouffed · past pouffed

  1. alternativeAlternative form of pouf.
nounpouff (plural pouffs)

plural pouffs

  1. alternativeAlternative form of pouf.

    […] was furnished with a wealth of pouffs, divans and ottomans in blue brocade, and adorned, not without taste, with palms, floor lamps, bibelots and Japaneseries.

    1900, Frederic Carrel, The Progress of Pauline Kessler, page 9
  2. alternativeAlternative form of poof (“homosexual”).

    Two rough-faced young men muttered remarks: 'Couple of pouffs.' 'Yeah, queering about.'

    2012, Adrian Kenny, Portobello Notebook
Cite this entry
APA

pouff. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pouff

MLA

“pouff.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pouff. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pouff,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pouff.

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