plug vs puff

plug

noun
  • A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. 

  • A promotion (act of promoting) a product (such as a book, film or play) or other thing (concept, etc), for example during an interview or a commercial. 

  • A body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape. 

  • A standard, modular fuselage component that can be added or removed. 

  • An electric socket: wall plug. 

  • Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole. 

  • A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one. 

  • A short cylindrical piece of jewellery commonly worn in larger-gauge body piercings, especially in the ear. 

  • A high, tapering silk hat. 

  • A branch from a water-pipe to supply a hose. 

  • A drug dealer. 

  • A small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost substrate. 

  • A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails. 

  • A worthless horse. 

  • A type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks. 

verb
  • To persist or continue with something. 

  • To ingest a drug rectally 

  • To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole. 

  • To blatantly mention a particular product or service as if advertising it. 

  • To have sex with, penetrate sexually. 

  • To shoot a bullet into something with a gun. 

puff

noun
  • An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe. 

  • A portion of fabric gathered up so as to be left full in the middle. 

  • A powder puff. 

  • A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air. 

  • A sudden but small gust of wind, smoke, etc. 

  • A light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc. 

  • A puffball. 

  • A region of a chromosome exhibiting a local increase in diameter. 

  • Synonym of poof: a male homosexual, especially an effeminate one. 

  • The drug cannabis. 

  • A flamboyant or alluring statement of praise. 

  • The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself. 

  • A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth. 

verb
  • To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, etc.; often with up. 

  • To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate. 

  • To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs. 

  • To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated. 

  • To blow as an expression of scorn. 

  • To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously. 

  • To pant. 

  • To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance. 

  • To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly. 

  • To drive with a puff, or with puffs. 

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