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Webster 1913 Edition


Puffer

Puff′er

,
Noun.
1.
One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant commendation.
2.
One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder.
Bouvier.
3.
(Zool.)
(a)
Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the species of
Tetrodon
and
Diodon
of the family
Tetraodontidae
; – called also
blower
,
puff-fish
,
swellfish
, and
globefish
. They are highly poisonous due to the presence of glands containing a potent toxin,
tetrodotoxin
. Nevertheless they are eaten as a delicacy in Japan, being prepared by specially licensed chefs who remove the poison glands.
(b)
The common, or harbor, porpoise.
4.
(Dyeing)
A kier.

Webster 1828 Edition


Puffer

PUFF'ER

,
Noun.
One that puffs; one that praises with noisy commendation.

Definition 2024


Puffer

Puffer

See also: puffer

German

Noun

Puffer m (genitive Puffers, plural Puffer)

  1. (computing) buffer

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puffer

puffer

See also: Puffer

English

Noun

puffer (plural puffers)

  1. Someone or something that puffs.
  2. Any of several poisonous fish, of the family Tetraodontidae, which have the ability to puff themselves up when in danger.
  3. (slang) A car left idling to warm up, emitting steam from the rear.
  4. (cellular automata) A finite pattern that moves like a spaceship but leaves a trail of debris.
  5. A manually-operated inhaler.
  6. (childish) A train; a locomotive.
  7. (dated, slang) One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at auction to bid up the price; a by-bidder.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Bouvier to this entry?)
  8. The common, or harbour, porpoise.
  9. A kier used in dyeing.
  10. (glassblowing) A soffietta.

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  • 'puffer (slang), The Official Dictionary of Unofficial English: A Crunk Omnibus, by Grant Barrett, McGraw-Hill Professional, 2006, p. 273.

Danish

Noun

puffer c (singular definite pufferen, plural indefinite puffere)

  1. (chemistry) buffer

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