poof¹ /pŭf/, formerly pouf, pouffe /pŭf or poof/ or puff /puf/ (derog sl)

A male homosexual (also poofˈtah, poofˈter or poufter /-tə or -tər/)

poofˈy adjective

Effeminate

pouf¹ or pouffe /poof/

1. A large firmly stuffed drum-shaped or cube-shaped hassock for use as a low seat or footrest
2. A puffed or bouffant type of hairstyle fashionable in the 18c
3. A pad worn in the hair by 18c women to help shape such a hairstyle
4. In dressmaking, material gathered up into a bunch
5. A soft ottoman

To give a puffed shape to (clothing or hair)

poufed or pouffed adjective

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