puffer

Meaning

1. Someone or something that puffs.
2. Any of several poisonous fish, of the family Tetraodontidae, which have the ability to inflate their bodies when in danger.
3. A manually-operated inhaler.
4. A train; a locomotive, usually one that is steam-powered.
5. A Clyde puffer, a kind of small ship.
6. (slang) A car left idling to warm up, emitting steam from the rear.
7. An insulated puffy jacket, such as a down jacket.
8. A person who gives exaggerated praise to a product, literary work, etc.
9. (slang) One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at auction to bid up the price; a by-bidder.
10. An alchemist; so named from their constant attendance to the bellows of their furnaces.
11. The common, or harbour, porpoise.
12. A kier used in dyeing.
13. A soffietta.
14. A finite pattern that moves like a spaceship but leaves a trail of debris.
15. A security device used to detect traces of explosives or drugs on a person, by blowing puffs of air that pick up tiny particles.

Concepts

puffer

blowfish

globefish

pufferfish

buffer

sea squab

balloonfish

blunthead blaasop

blunthead puffer

bottlefish

coral butterfly

globe fish

nile puffer

puffer fish

wheel-lock pistol

crammer

bullhead

puffy

swellfish

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpʌfɚ/

Etymology

From puff + -er.
The cellular automata definition is a clipping of puffer train.