Puff

PUFF

-noun

1. a short quick draught, gust, or emission, as of wind, smoke, air, etc., especially a forceful one

2. the amount of wind, smoke, etc., released in a puff

3. the sound made by or associated with a puff

4. an instance of inhaling and expelling the breath as in smoking

5. a swelling

6. a light aerated pastry usually filled with cream, jam, etc.

7. a powder puff

8. exaggerated praise, as of a book, product, etc, esp through an advertisement

9. a piece of clothing fabric gathered up so as to bulge in the centre while being held together at the edges

10. a loose piece of hair wound into a cylindrical roll, usually over a pad, and pinned in place in a coiffure

11. a less common word for quilt

12. one's breath

-verb (often followed by “up”, “out”, etc.)

13. to blow or breathe or cause to blow or breathe in short quick draughts or blasts

14. (trans.; often followed by “out”; usually passive) to cause to be out of breath

15. to take puffs or draws at (a cigarette, cigar, or pipe)

16. to move with or by the emission of puffs: the steam train puffed up the incline

17. to swell, as with air, pride, etc.

18. (trans.) to praise with exaggerated empty words, often in advertising

19. (trans.) to apply (cosmetic powder) from a powder puff to (the face)

20. to increase the price of (a lot in an auction) artificially by having an accomplice make false bids

 

The delicate edible lace

That is golden puff pastry

Covering the mundane

With puffed up glamour