cream puff

noun7

1. •
   A light, hollow pastry typically filled with cream or custard.
2. •
   (informal, figurative) A weak or ineffectual person.

   • — Oh, Mr. Jackson, I think you're wonderful. You've really got what it takes. — Well, I ain't exactly a cream puff. — 1947
3. •
   (slang) A weak pitch.

   • So instead of lobbing a cream puff, I kicked up my leg and brought the Ruttlemyer Express. — 2000
4. •
   (slang) An old motor vehicle in especially good condition.
5. •
   (slang, old-fashioned) A gay man.
6. •
   (Scotland, slang) A state of mild annoyance or irritation.

   • 'You still in the cream puff, or what?' I shook my head. No, I wasn't in the huff. — 1992
7. •
   (slang, no longer used) An exploding shell.