poof
interjection
(used to express or indicate a sudden disappearance).
poofs
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pluralof poof.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The dimly lit gallery fills with mist oozing from ceiling jets and glowing neon-green lasers cut through the fog, illuminating it along with wafting poofs of dust.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2023
Most of the 10 dancers wear skirts, some stiff as tutus, and they accessorize with poofs and protuberances somewhat reminiscent of Rei Kawakubo’s designs for Merce Cunningham’s “Scenario.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2022
When characters fly or fall through the sky in cartoons, they often eat, grab or even wear clouds as if the sky poofs were made of cotton balls.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 10, 2022
The red panda Mei poofs into is giant, bright orange-red and adorable, capable of turning even the mean girls at school into cooing, weeping fans.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2022
They came nowhere close, the white bolts smashing into the pavement, sending up poofs of dust.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
