Sekirov Dictionary

poof

/pʊf/

verb 2
exclamation 1
noun 2
forms 4

verb2

•
To vanish or disappear.
- He poofed into thin air.
(informal) To break wind; to fart.

exclamation1

•
Onomatopoeia indicating a small explosion with a cloud of smoke; as caused by a deflating object, or a magical disappearance.
- Poof, he was gone.

noun2

•
(informal, offensive) 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. — 2015
(informal) The product of flatulence, or the sound of breaking wind.

forms

poofed · poofing · poofs · pooves

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