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Definitions for Puffer

[1] a person or thing that puffs.
[2] Also called blowfish, globefish. any of various fishes of the family Tetraodontidae, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, the spines in the skin becoming erected: several species contain the potent nerve poison tetrodotoxin.
[3] a person or thing that puffs
[4] Also called: globefish any marine plectognath fish of the family Tetraodontidae, having an elongated spiny body that can be inflated to form a globe

Words related to Puffer

lackey, charmer, sycophant, toady, booster, bootlicker, backscratcher, flunkey, cajoler

Words nearby Puffer

puff piece, puff-puff, puffball, puffbird, puffed-up, puffer, puffery, puffin, puffin crossing, puffy, pug

Origin of Puffer

First recorded in 1620–30; puff + -er1

Synonyms for Puffer

backscratcher, booster, bootlicker, charmer, fawner, flunkey, lackey, sycophant, toady, apple polisher, brownnose, cajoler, sweet talker, teacher's pet, yes-person