The action of puffing; a sudden brief burst of wind or expelled breath; an abrupt emission of air, vapour, or smoke. Also figurative.

breathing, snorting.

= puff, n. (in various senses).

The production of blasts of wind or breath.

The action of breathing out: an exhalation; (figurative) self-expression.

Blowing out, strong expulsion of breath.

The action, or an act, of breathing out air from the lungs; also applied to a supposed analogous action in plants.

The action of breathing out or blowing through; an instance of this; respiration. Obsolete.

attributive.

A blowing, a blast; a breath, a puff of wind.

The action of emitting the breath; expiration; an instance of this; a puff. Also figurative the blowing off or getting rid of (anger, excitement…

The action of expelling breath.

An utterance of ‘poof’; an instance of the sound ‘poof’; a short sharp puff of air, breath, etc.

A breath; the stream of air produced by exhalation; the slight sound of this. Earliest and frequently in to play pew: to draw breath, to be alive…