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Definition of Puffer

1. Noun. Delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver.

2. Noun. Any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers.

Definition of Puffer

1. n. One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant commendation.

Definition of Puffer

1. Noun. Someone or something that puffs. ¹

2. Noun. Any of several poisonous fish, of the family ''Tetraodontidae'', which have the ability to puff themselves up when in danger. ¹

3. Noun. (slang) A car left idling to warm up, emitting steam from the rear. ¹

4. Noun. (context: cellular automata) A finite pattern that moves like a spaceship but leaves a trail of debris. ¹

5. Noun. An inhaler. ¹

6. Noun. (childish) A train; a locomotive. ¹

7. Noun. (dated slang) One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at auction to bid up the price; a by-bidder. ¹

8. Noun. The common, or harbour, porpoise. ¹

9. Noun. A kier used in dyeing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Puffer

1. one that puffs [n -S] - See also: puffs

Lexicographical Neighbors of Puffer

puff pieces puff the magic dragon puff up puffadder puffadders puffball puffbird puffbirds puffed puffed-rice

puffed out puffed rice puffed up puffed wheat puffer (current term) pufferbellies pufferbelly pufferfish pufferfishes pufferies

puffers puffery puffet puffeth puffets puffier puffiest puffily puffin

Literary usage of Puffer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1907)
"Here 1 ves Buried ye Body of Mr. JAMES puffer ; Who Departed this Life Nov. ... Here Lies Buried The Body of Mr John puffer Son of Mr Samuel & Mr8 Dorethy ..."

2. The Various Writings of Cornelius Mathews by Cornelius Mathews (1863)
"upon the trucks ; could puffer fail out of all these to frame a triumphant speech ? He could not, and, as he concluded, three peals, four times renewed, ..."

3. Annals of the American Pulpit: Or, Commemorative Notices of Distinguished by William Buell Sprague (1857)
"Dear Sir: By request of Madam puffer, widow of the late Dr. puffer of Berlin, ... REUBEN puffer was the son of Jabez and Hannah puffer, of Sudbury, Mass., ..."

4. Case and His Contempories: Or, The Canadian Itinerant's Memorial by John Carroll (1869)
"puffer." (Mr. puffer was the only Conference appointee to the Circuit that year, and the Presiding Elder had to supply the deficiency as he might. ..."

5. Anglo-American Literature and Manners by Philarète Chasles (1852)
"Stapleton and puffer Hopkins. I read eagerly these sketches of American life by Americans. The impression is a mournful one ; it is not popular, ..."

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