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pouf
/pʊf/
noun 5verb 1intj 1
Collocations
3VERB + POUF
sat
POUF + NOUN
front, hair
PREP.
in, on
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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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.
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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.
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Raeburn's handsome head was resting against the back of his chair; Eve sat on a pouf in front of the fire.
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to pouf the hair
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Pouf, he was gone.
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