pouf

UK /pʊf/ US /pʊf/
noun 5verb 1intj 1

Definitions

noun

1

A headdress for women popular in 18th century France.

2

A high hair style for women consisting of a roll or pad of hair, worn up.

Hosaka, nearly everyone agrees, is a master of detail, an artist who tends his poodles’ poufs as if they were bonsai trees from his native Japan.

3

Part of an item of clothing consisting of gathered fabric in a bunch.

4

A low cushioned seat with no back; a padded footstool.

The voice came from the end of the divan but Hermione, seated square before the fire on a low pouffe did not turn to face its suave producer.

Raeburn's handsome head was resting against the back of his chair; Eve sat on a pouf in front of the fire.

5

A short skirt gathered into a rounded puffy shape; a puffball.

verb

1

To make poufy or bouffant.

to pouf the hair

intj

1

Onomatopoeia indicating a cloud of smoke or wind; caused by a deflating object, or a magical disappearance.

Pouf, he was gone.

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