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Definition of pluff in English: pluff(also plouff, pyuff) noun plʌf Scottish 1Originally Scottish. A tube through which air can be blown, especially a simple form of bellows (obsolete). Now (English regional (northern)): specifically a pea-shooter, (also occasionally) a popgun. 2Scottish. A powder puff.
adjective plʌf Scottish Puffed up, swollen; soft, spongy. Also figurative. Now chiefly in "pluff mud"noun US regional (chiefly S. Carolina) a type of soft, silty mud found in tidal marshes.
exclamation plʌf Scottish Informal. Representing a puffing or explosive sound. Also as adverb: with a pluff.
verb plʌf Irish English, English Regional, Scottish, Northern 1no object To puff; to blow out with a puff, especially suddenly or explosively. Also with object: to blow or propel (something) from the mouth or through a tube. Formerly (Scottish): specifically †to fire a gun, to shoot (obsolete). 2with object To swell up, become puffed up. Frequently with up.
Origin Early 16th century (in an earlier sense). Imitative. Compare West Frisian plof (noun and interjection), Dutch plof, both denoting various sounds produced by falling bodies or exploding gases
early 17th century; earliest use found in Zachary Boyd (1585–1653), Church of Scotland minister and university administrator. Imitative. Compare West Frisian ploffe (of objects or bodies) to thud, (of gases) to puff out, to explode, Dutch ploffen (of gases) to puff out, to explode (19th cent.; earlier in senses ‘(of objects or bodies) to thud, fall down heavily’, ‘to make a dull sound’ (both 1566)). Definition of pluff in US English: pluff(also plouff, pyuff) nounplʌf Scottish 1Originally Scottish. A tube through which air can be blown, especially a simple form of bellows (obsolete). Now (English regional (northern)): specifically a pea-shooter, (also occasionally) a popgun. 2Scottish. A powder puff.
adjectiveplʌf Scottish Puffed up, swollen; soft, spongy. Also figurative. Now chiefly in "pluff mud"noun US regional (chiefly S. Carolina) a type of soft, silty mud found in tidal marshes.
exclamationplʌf Scottish Informal. Representing a puffing or explosive sound. Also as adverb: with a pluff.
verbplʌf Irish English, English Regional, Scottish, Northern 1no object To puff; to blow out with a puff, especially suddenly or explosively. Also with object: to blow or propel (something) from the mouth or through a tube. Formerly (Scottish): specifically †to fire a gun, to shoot (obsolete). 2with object To swell up, become puffed up. Frequently with up.
Origin Early 16th century (in an earlier sense). Imitative. Compare West Frisian plof (noun and interjection), Dutch plof, both denoting various sounds produced by falling bodies or exploding gases<br>early 17th century; earliest use found in Zachary Boyd (1585–1653), Church of Scotland minister and university administrator. Imitative. Compare West Frisian ploffe (of objects or bodies) to thud, (of gases) to puff out, to explode, Dutch ploffen (of gases) to puff out, to explode (19th cent.; earlier in senses ‘(of objects or bodies) to thud, fall down heavily’, ‘to make a dull sound’ (both 1566)). |