Poof Definition

po͝of
interjection
Used to express suddenness of disappearance. appearance, etc.
Webster's New World

Pooh.

Webster's New World

Onomatopoeia indicating a cloud of smoke or wind; caused by a deflating object, or a magical disappearance.

Poof, he was gone.
Wiktionary
noun
A male homosexual.
Webster's New World
Used as a disparaging term for an effeminate man, especially an effeminate gay man.
American Heritage
The product of flatulence, or the sound of breaking wind.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb
To vanish or disappear.
He poofed into thin air.
Wiktionary

To break wind; to fart.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Poof

Noun

Singular:
poof
Plural:
poofs, pooves

Origin of Poof

  • Probably alteration of puff braggart, gay man from puff (influenced by poof)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Onomatopoeic.

    From Wiktionary

  • Imitative

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Poof Sentence Examples

  • Then, poof, it's gone leaving no marks or evidence whatsoever.

  • He goes poof and returns to one of his other bases, leaving everyone else to fry.

  • It sounded pretty, like the poof the desert dust made when the first drops of rain fell.

  • No connection, but I've just discovered that thinking poof's crumpet Alistair Appleton has a blog.

  • No connection, but I've just discovered that thinking poof 's crumpet Alistair Appleton has a blog.

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Words Starting With

PPOPOO

Words Ending With

FOFOOF

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Words Starting With P and Ending With F

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