Souffle de vent ou courant de vapeur, qui arrive brusquement et qui dure peu. Une bouffée de vent. Une bouffée de fumée.
ETYM Akin to German and Swed. puff a blow, Dan. puf, Dutch pof; of imitative origin. Related to Buffet.
1. A slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke); SYN. drag, pull.
2. A short light gust of air; SYN. puff of air, whiff.
3. A light inflated pastry or puff shell.
4. Exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes).
ETYM Old Eng. weffe vapor, whiff, probably of imitative origin; cf. Dan. vift a puff, gust, W. chwiff a whiff, puff.
From New England to Brazil.
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