poof
interjection
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L18173 on Wikidata ↗noun
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L325708 on Wikidata ↗Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /pʊf/ / /puːf/ / [puːɸ]
intj
Etymology: Onomatopoeic. See also puff.
- Onomatopoeia indicating a small explosion with a cloud of smoke; as caused by a deflating object, or a magical disappearance.
“Poof, he was gone.”
“Even now, in the spring, the river softly cries, 'Menthol, Menthol, you are one wazoo. One day I'm the elf next door and the poof I'm a river.'”
noun
Etymology: Origin unknown.
- A gay man; especially one who is irritating or contemptible.
“He recalls how everybody got called a ‘poof’ at Forrester High School in the seventies. Back then, only ‘wanker’ possibly rivalled it as the most common term of abuse. But The Poof was the Poof.”
verb
Etymology: Onomatopoeic. See also puff.
- To vanish or disappear.
“He poofed into thin air.”
“He's a figment of your subconscious Eric, not mine, so I tapped into Ultimate Reality and poofed him out.”
- To break wind; to fart.