"cream puff" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cream puff.wav Forms: cream puffs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cream puff (plural cream puffs)
  1. A light, hollow pastry typically filled with cream or custard. Categories (topical): Cakes and pastries Hypernyms (light pastry): cream cake Translations (hollow pastry filled with cream or custard): profiterola [feminine] (Catalan), 忌簾泡芙 (Chinese Cantonese), 忌帘泡芙 (gei⁶ lim¹ pou⁵ fu⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 泡芙 (pou⁵ fu⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 奶油泡芙 (nǎiyóu pàofú) (Chinese Mandarin), 泡芙 (pàofú) (Chinese Mandarin), větrník [masculine] (Czech), flødebolle [common-gender] (Danish), soesje [neuter] (Dutch), tuulihattu (Finnish), chou à la crème [masculine] (French), chou [masculine] (French), Windbeutel [masculine] (German), Brandteigkrapferl [Austria, neuter] (German), Ofenküchlein [Switzerland, neuter] (German), σου (sou) [neuter] (Greek), פַּחְזָנִית (pachzanít) [feminine] (Hebrew), kue sus (Indonesian), bignè [masculine] (Italian), bignè alla panna [masculine] (Italian), bignè alla crema [masculine] (Italian), シュークリーム (shū-kurīmu) (Japanese), ಕ್ರೀಮ್ ಪಫ಼್ (krīm paf) (Kannada), 슈크림 (syukeurim) (Korean), क्रीम पफ (krīm paph) [masculine] (Marathi), نان خامهای (nân xâme-i) (Persian), ptyś [masculine] (Polish), bocadito de nata [masculine] (Spanish), petisú [masculine] (Spanish), petit-chou [common-gender] (Swedish), ชูอาลาแครม (chuu-aa-laa-krɛɛm) (Thai), ครีมพัฟ (kriim-páf) (Thai), profiterol (Turkish), bánh su kem (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-cream_puff-en-noun-5jXq64ET Disambiguation of Cakes and pastries: 40 2 3 8 43 1 3 Disambiguation of 'light pastry': 78 0 1 5 4 10 1 Disambiguation of 'hollow pastry filled with cream or custard': 86 0 1 5 1 3 2
  2. (figuratively, informal) A weak or ineffectual person. Tags: figuratively, informal
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  3. (slang) An old motor vehicle in especially good condition. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-cream_puff-en-noun-F7yKtICO
  4. (slang, baseball) A weak pitch. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-cream_puff-en-noun-d17yf5QT Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  5. (slang, Scotland) A state of mild annoyance or irritation. Tags: Scotland, slang Categories (topical): Cakes and pastries
    Sense id: en-cream_puff-en-noun-WGDiatV7 Disambiguation of Cakes and pastries: 40 2 3 8 43 1 3 Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kannada translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 3 4 22 46 2 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 1 3 9 59 1 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 1 5 17 51 3 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 1 2 15 60 1 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 18 3 6 11 54 2 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 14 3 5 10 57 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 12 17 4 9 43 12 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 14 1 4 8 66 4 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 16 2 6 13 55 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 3 5 11 50 8 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 15 1 5 14 58 1 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 15 3 4 11 60 2 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 18 2 5 12 53 4 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 17 3 5 13 48 10 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 13 19 5 10 43 6 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 16 2 4 12 60 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 16 2 4 12 60 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Kannada translations: 16 2 6 13 52 8 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 15 3 5 11 54 7 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 23 3 5 10 51 3 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 12 19 5 8 51 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 13 19 5 10 44 6 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 16 3 6 12 50 7 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 14 1 3 11 67 1 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 15 2 5 11 56 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 14 18 4 10 41 8 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 15 2 5 11 56 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 13 18 4 9 45 6 4
  6. (slang, dated) A gay man. Tags: dated, slang Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-cream_puff-en-noun-hUq-2MIf Disambiguation of People: 14 0 0 14 24 48 0
  7. (military slang, obsolete) An exploding shell. Tags: obsolete, slang
    Sense id: en-cream_puff-en-noun-6WskcRfi Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: creampuff Derived forms: cream puff piece

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1947, 2 min 55 sec from the start, in My Favorite Brunette:",
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          "text": "You little cream puff Mac Daddy wannabe / Keep dreaming 'cause a Mac you will never be",
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      "sense": "hollow pastry filled with cream or custard",
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      "sense": "hollow pastry filled with cream or custard",
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      "sense": "hollow pastry filled with cream or custard",
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      "sense": "hollow pastry filled with cream or custard",
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      "sense": "hollow pastry filled with cream or custard",
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      "sense": "hollow pastry filled with cream or custard",
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hollow pastry filled with cream or custard",
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hollow pastry filled with cream or custard",
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      "word": "Ofenküchlein"
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      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sou",
      "sense": "hollow pastry filled with cream or custard",
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      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "pachzanít",
      "sense": "hollow pastry filled with cream or custard",
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      "word": "פַּחְזָנִית"
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      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "hollow pastry filled with cream or custard",
      "word": "kue sus"
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      "sense": "hollow pastry filled with cream or custard",
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      "word": "bignè"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "hollow pastry filled with cream or custard",
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      "word": "bignè alla panna"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "hollow pastry filled with cream or custard",
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      "sense": "hollow pastry filled with cream or custard",
      "word": "シュークリーム"
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      "roman": "krīm paf",
      "sense": "hollow pastry filled with cream or custard",
      "word": "ಕ್ರೀಮ್ ಪಫ಼್"
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      "sense": "hollow pastry filled with cream or custard",
      "word": "슈크림"
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      "roman": "krīm paph",
      "sense": "hollow pastry filled with cream or custard",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "क्रीम पफ"
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      "roman": "nân xâme-i",
      "sense": "hollow pastry filled with cream or custard",
      "word": "نان خامهای"
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      "sense": "hollow pastry filled with cream or custard",
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      "word": "bocadito de nata"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "hollow pastry filled with cream or custard",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "hollow pastry filled with cream or custard",
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      "word": "petit-chou"
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
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      "sense": "hollow pastry filled with cream or custard",
      "word": "ชูอาลาแครม"
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kriim-páf",
      "sense": "hollow pastry filled with cream or custard",
      "word": "ครีมพัฟ"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "hollow pastry filled with cream or custard",
      "word": "profiterol"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "hollow pastry filled with cream or custard",
      "word": "bánh su kem"
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}

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