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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.
Definition 2024
Puffer
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See also: Puffer
English
Noun
puffer (plural puffers)
- Someone or something that puffs.
- Any of several poisonous fish, of the family Tetraodontidae, which have the ability to puff themselves up when in danger.
- (slang) A car left idling to warm up, emitting steam from the rear.
- (cellular automata) A finite pattern that moves like a spaceship but leaves a trail of debris.
- A manually-operated inhaler.
- (childish) A train; a locomotive.
- (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?)
- The common, or harbour, porpoise.
- A kier used in dyeing.
- (glassblowing) A soffietta.
Derived terms
Synonyms
- (fish): globefish, pufferfish
Translations
someone or something that puffs
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blowfish — see blowfish
References
- '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)
Declension
Inflection of puffer
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | puffer | pufferen | puffere | pufferene |
| genitive | puffers | pufferens | pufferes | pufferenes |