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单词 to puff at
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to puff at
5. intransitive. To blow one's breath out abruptly as an expression of contempt or scorn; to exclaim ‘pooh!’ or the like; to speak or behave scornfully. to puff at: to express contempt for, to defy scornfully, to pooh-pooh. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > think or behave contemptuously [verb (intransitive)] > express contempt vocally
hissa1425
puff1490
pup1560
blurt1596
pooh1614
pshaw1760
snort1818
bah1841
poof1915
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > bluster [verb (intransitive)]
face1440
brace1447
ruffle1484
puff1490
to face (something) out with a card of ten?1499
to face with a card of ten?1499
cock1542
to brave it1549
roist1563
huff1598
swagger1600
ruff1602
tear1602
bouncec1626
to bravade the street1634
brustle1648
hector1661
roister1663
huffle1673
ding1679
fluster1698
bully1733
to bluster like bull-beef1785
swell1795
buck1880
swashbuckle1897
loudmouth1931
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > express contempt of
to puff at1611
to point the finger (of scorn, derision, etc.)a1616
to give (a person) the finger1874
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) i. 25 Yf ye hadde seen hym chaunge his colour, pouff, blowe, as a man cruell prowde and owterageouse.
?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 54 The king fumed,..Princes puft, Bar[o]nz blustrd, Lords began too loour.
1611 Bible (King James) Psalms x. 5 As for all his enemies, he puffeth at them. View more context for this quotation
1677 T. Otway Cheats of Scapin ii. i, in Titus & Berenice sig. G3 One that frowns, puffs, and looks big at all Mankind.
1790 M. De Fleury Brit. Liberty Established i. 11 Heav'n puffs at their designs from his high throne, And, frowning, shakes their mighty Babels down.
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