puff (subs.) Copy link • puff (subs.): expr. by verb: a p. of wind displaced the leaves, *disjecit folia levis ventus subito immissus: with a gentle p. of smoke, *fumo leniter (per ora) emisso: decrepit gladiators whom a p. of wind would knock down, decrepiti gladiatores quos si sufflasses cecidissent, Petr. 45, fin. See also puffery.