"puffery" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpʌfəɹi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-puffery.wav Forms: pufferies [plural]
Etymology: From puff + -ery. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|puff|ery}} puff + -ery Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} puffery (countable and uncountable, plural pufferies)
  1. An act of puffing. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of puffing): esbroufe (French), Paffen [neuter] (German), Aufblasen [neuter] (German), Pusten [neuter] (German), Blasen [neuter] (German), Fortblasen [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-puffery-en-noun-iw3DohVE Disambiguation of 'act of puffing': 98 2 0
  2. Excessive or false public praise. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (fulsome public praise): Schmeichlerei [feminine] (German), Anpreisung [feminine] (German), Marktschreierei [feminine] (German), marktschreierisches Gehabe [neuter] (German), marktschreierisches Anpreisen [neuter] (German), Lobhudelei [feminine] (German), überschwängliches Lob [neuter] (German), Lobeshymne [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-puffery-en-noun-1dSzR6Av Disambiguation of 'fulsome public praise': 3 96 1
  3. Superficial or insubstantial material; fluff. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-puffery-en-noun-A5y9B0D9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ery, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 7 75 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ery: 34 17 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 12 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 11 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 9 81 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 16 66 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 14 13 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: puff piece

Inflected forms

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