puft

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verb

To puff.

OriginMiddle English poften ← Old English *puffettan ← Proto-West Germanic *puffattjan →
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Meanings

verbpuft (third-person singular simple present pufts, present participle pufting, simple past and past participle pufted)

present singular third person pufts · participle present pufting · participle past pufted · past pufted

  1. ambitransitiveobsoleteTo puff.
nounpuft (plural pufts)

plural pufts

  1. archaicA puff.

Origin

  1. Proto-West Germanic*puffattjan“to puff repeatedly, pant”
  2. Old English*puffettan
  3. Middle Englishpoften“to puff, pant”
  4. Englishpuft

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

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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