puff (v.) Copy link Outline A. Trans.I. To drive air with a sudden shockII. To puff out; blow out and inflate1. inflo, 12. sufflo, 1 (from beneath)3. intendo, di, tum (to stretch or distend in any way)III. Fig.1. inflo, 12. expr. to be puffed up, by tŭmeo., 2; with incept., tŭmesco, intŭmesco, 3 (to become so)3. expr. pass. also by, effĕro, ēlātus, 3, irr.IV. Also fig., to praise excessively1. vendĭto, 1 (as a vendor does his wares)2. jacto, magnĭfĭcē praedĭco (de aliqua re)B. Intrans. • puff (v.): A. Trans.: I. To drive air with a sudden shock: perh. ventum (ventulum) subito emittere: v. preced. art. II. To puff out; blow out and inflate: 1. inflo, 1: Phaedr. 1, 24, 4 (of the frog in the fable): to p. out the cheeks (in passion), buccas inf., Hor. S. 1, 1, 21. 2. sufflo, 1 (from beneath): by distending the skin and p.ing it out, sufflatae cutis distentu, Plin. 8, 38, 58: Cato. 3. intendo, di, tum (to stretch or distend in any way): Phaedr. 1, 24, 6. III. Fig.: to swell out with vanity; puff up or out: 1. inflo, 1: to p. up with false hope, animos falsa spe i., Cic. in Pis. 36, 89; with (lit. to) pride, animos ad superbiam i., Liv. 45, 31, med. 2. expr. to be puffed up, by tŭmeo., 2; with incept., tŭmesco, intŭmesco, 3 (to become so): p.'d up with empty pride, tumens inani superbia, Phaedr. 1, 3, 4: also absol., alto stemmate t., Juv. 8, 40. (In Cic. rather, to be agitated or in a ferment: so Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 36, laudis amore tumes.) To become p.'d up with "brief authority," jure quodam potestatis intumescere, Quint. 1, 1, 8: Tac. 3. expr. pass. also by, effĕro, ēlātus, 3, irr.: v. ELATED. IV. Also fig., to praise excessively: 1. vendĭto, 1 (as a vendor does his wares): Cic. Verr. 2, 54, 135: Liv. 2. jacto, magnĭfĭcē praedĭco (de aliqua re): v. to boast. B. Intrans.: to pant and blow: anhēlo, 1: v. to pant.