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In some senses, poof is marked as derogatory, UK, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
poof
/pʊf/
verb 2noun 2intj 1
Collocations
3ADJ.
high
VERB + POOF
abuse, called, got, like, went
POOF + NOUN
forrester, he's, i'm, river
Definitions
intj
1
Onomatopoeia indicating a small explosion with a cloud of smoke; as caused by a deflating object, or a magical disappearance.
Poof, he was gone.
Even now, in the spring, the river softly cries, 'Menthol, Menthol, you are one wazoo. One day I'm the elf next door and the poof I'm a river.'
verb
1
To vanish or disappear.
He poofed into thin air.
He's a figment of your subconscious Eric, not mine, so I tapped into Ultimate Reality and poofed him out.
2
To break wind; to fart.
noun
1
The product of flatulence, or the sound of breaking wind.
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Poof, he was gone.
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Even now, in the spring, the river softly cries, 'Menthol, Menthol, you are one wazoo. One day I'm the elf next door and the poof I'm a river.'
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The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist. And like that, poof. He's gone.
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He poofed into thin air.
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He's a figment of your subconscious Eric, not mine, so I tapped into Ultimate Reality and poofed him out.
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He recalls how everybody got called a ‘poof’ at Forrester High School in the seventies. Back then, only ‘wanker’ possibly rivalled it as the most common term of abuse. But The Poof was the Poof.
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