"pluff" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pluffs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pluff (plural pluffs)
  1. (Scotland) A puff of smoke or dust. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-pluff-en-noun-MCERtGcy Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 28 20 3 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 27 20 3 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 28 21 2 27
  2. (Scotland) A hairdresser's powder puff. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-pluff-en-noun-RLvLOp3T Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 28 20 3 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 27 20 3 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 28 21 2 27
  3. (Scotland) The act of using a powder puff. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-pluff-en-noun-Cq5sakUD Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 28 20 3 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 27 20 3 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 28 21 2 27

Verb

Forms: pluffs [present, singular, third-person], pluffing [participle, present], pluffed [participle, past], pluffed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} pluff (third-person singular simple present pluffs, present participle pluffing, simple past and past participle pluffed)
  1. To dust or to puff with smoke.
    Sense id: en-pluff-en-verb-gNzI0BkH
  2. (Scotland) To throw out, as smoke, dust, etc., in puffs. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-pluff-en-verb-QqoFJL~9 Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 28 20 3 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 27 20 3 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 28 21 2 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: pluff mud (english: probably etymlogically unrelated)

Inflected forms

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