单词 | to puff at |
释义 | > as lemmasto puff at ΘΚΠ 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. < as lemmas |
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