Noun: poof
Sample Sentences
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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. [2015, Irvine Welsh, A Decent Ride, Random House, →ISBN, page 21:]
Etymology
Onomatopoeic. See also puff.