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. (childish, dated) 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. (dated) A person who gives exaggerated praise to a product, literary work, etc.
  9. (dated, slang) One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at auction to bid up the price; a by-bidder.
  10. (derogatory) 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.

Synonyms

sea squab

puffer fish

nile puffer

globe fish

blunthead blaasop

blunthead puffer

coral butterfly

wheel-lock pistol

Translations

Arothron nigropunctatus

Paffer

είδος ιχθύος

φυσιών

Arothron hispidus

Arothron meleagris

Canthigaster amboinensis

Lagocephalus laevigatus

Sphoeroides pachygaster

Tetraodon lineatus

opjager

snoever

peixe-bola

kirpi balığı

Frequency

34k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpʌfɚ/
Etymology

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

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