puffer
Americannoun
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a person or thing that puffs.
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Also called blowfish, globefish. any of various fishes of the family Tetraodontidae, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, the spines in the skin becoming erected: several species contain the potent nerve poison tetrodotoxin.
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a warm and lightweight jacket, coat, or vest with sections separated by quilted stitching and filled with down or synthetic fibers.
noun
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a person or thing that puffs
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Also called: globefish. any marine plectognath fish of the family Tetraodontidae, having an elongated spiny body that can be inflated to form a globe
Etymology
Origin of puffer
Example Sentences
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Puffer jackets cut like dresses and huge parkas topped with XXL fake fur hats completed the look of the "hot as ice" team, as one jumper had it.
From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026
The race - nicknamed The Puffer - was started in 2005 but disrupted by the Covid pandemic.
From BBC • Jan. 15, 2024
At one orchestra rehearsal, Maryjane Puffer told me she hadn’t played her saxophone in decades and was a tad apprehensive about dusting it off.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2023
In May 2021, the church ordained Liz Puffer, Cynthia Petty and Katie Edwards as staff pastors.
From Washington Post • Jun. 15, 2022
Not far south-west of Blackwater is Illogan, where the engineer Trevithick made the first steam carriage, known locally as "Cap'n Dick's Puffer."
From Nooks and Corners of Cornwall by Scott, C. A. Dawson
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