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pud /pud/ noun (BrE, informal) = pudding pud-ding /'pudir)/ (BrE informal pud) noun [U, C] 1 (BrE) a sweet dish eaten at
the end of a meal ( A 6ft ) St #, St *: What’s for pudding? Wft ^ St,<5 ? ; O I haven’t made a pudding today. HE! afters,
dessert, sweet 2 (BrE) a hot sweet dish,
often like a cake, made from flour, fat and eggs with fruit, jam, etc.
moronit^TII ( i#®#. vfi, IrfelfE, ftn/JcJH. jjl ) : treacle pudding BIT
o bread and butter pudding (= made with bread, butter and milk) Mill It'
— see also Christmas pudding, rice
pudding, sponge pudding, summer pudding 3 (BrE) a hot dish like a pie with soft pastry made from flour, fat and
eggs and usually filled with meat ift , Ji fV-, 31 # ffl |£) $ % ) : a steak
and kidney pudding 4M X X T 4 (especially NAmE) a cold dessert (= a sweet dish) like cream
flavoured with fruit, chocolate, etc. T ( ) :
chocolate pudding Vj % f] T —see also black pudding, Yorkshire pudding ITiTOH see over-egg, proof n.
'pudding basin noun (BrE) a
deep round bowl that is used for mixing food or for cooking puddings in ( till#
#tl6ft ) XTM&
pud dle /'pAdl/ noun a small amount of
water or other liquid, especially rain, that has collected in one place on the
ground 7jc2£; 'JvjCbT; \ ( Ajf ) Mzldft pu denda /pjur'denda/ noun [pi.] (old-fashioned,
formal) the
sexual organs that are outside the body, especially those of a woman rP; ( pudgy /'pAd3i/ adj. = podgy
Pue-blo
/'pweblau;
NAmE -lou/
noun (pi. Pue blo or
)
pue-blo /'pweblou; NAmE -blou/ noun (pi. -os) (from Spanish) a town or village in
buildings & x
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pu
er ile /'pjuarail;
NAmE 'pjural/ adj. (disapproving) silly; suitable for a
child rather than an adult M ft 6ft ; 4ft ft 6ft; MXH&J 033 childish puff /pAf/ verb, noun
m verb 1 - (at/on sth) to smoke a cigarette, pipe, etc. b$, ft ( fS 4-# •) : [V] He puffed (away) on
his pipe, (til
( — P - - P ftk ) u&M'MXo
O [VN] I sat puffing my cigar. f^lrftii ljio 2 ~
(sth) (out) to make smoke or steam blow out in clouds; to blow out
in clouds , W ft
( ) : [VN] Chimneys
were puffing out clouds of
smoke, ® 1 o
[V] Steam puffed out. Mfi
tl nf[ lb „ 3 (informal) to breathe loudly and
quickly, especially after you have been running Bf Bf 033 gasp : [v] I was
starting to puff a little from the climb. I© h W it Bp S
© „ [also V speech]
—
see also puffed, puffed out 4 [V +adv./prep.] to move in a
particular direction, sending out small clouds of smoke or steam iHHfC ( ) H4ft: The
train puffed into the
station. X i M H X X«, IT»!71 be puffed up with pride, etc. to be too full of
pride, etc. gj$i; iff ,puff and pant (also ,puff and 'blow, informal) to breathe quickly and loudly through your mouth
after physical effort H Bf® Bf Bf; Bf i#
Bf ftji B^ —more at huff v. ,puff sth^out to make
sth bigger and rounder,
especially by filling it with air Bftlc; She
puffed out her cheeks. ftks5&7l]S
W ffo
,puff 'up |
.puff sth^'up to swell or to make sth swell WM;
f£0Jfk: Her cheeks puffed up.
7i57
feAo o The frog puffed itself up.
15 6ft D
m noun 1 [C] an act of
breathing in sth such as smoke from a cigarette, or drugs b£, f$ ( P si#*}13\
6ft
4ft ff ) : He had a few puffs at the cigar. ftfeBg 7 il P If ini ,, o Take two puffs from the inhaler
every four hours. # TM' N“ /Ml 4 b# M P o 2 [C] a small
amount of air, smoke, etc.
that is blown from somewhere ( j®, ^^gft ) —:4“#:
a puff of
wind M
o Puffs of
white smoke came from the chimney.
IS
W tb 7 ^ ‘US o o Any chance of success seemed to
vanish in a puff of smoke (=
to disappear quickly). j^Tft , mMXm0 3 [CJ a hollow piece
of light pastry that is filled
with cream, jam, etc. f M if; —- see also cream puff 4 (NAmE also
'puff
piece) [C]
(informal, usually disapproving) a piece of writing or
speech that praises sb/sth too much nfc Wtf) XM ( sfLiS
) 5 [U] (informal,
especially BrE) breath Bf b® ; : The hill was very steep and I soon ran out of
puff. l*HM'&^P«BT,70 —see also
POWDER PUFF
'puff
adder noun a poisonous African
snake that can make the top part of its body appear bigger P^$|, i£)jg EM()
puffball /'pAfbail/
noun a fungus with a round brown head, that
bursts when it is ready to release its seeds
( M )
puffed /pAft/ (also .puffed out) adj. [not before noun] (BrE, informal) breathing quickly and
with difficulty because you have been having a lot of physical exercise
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puff-er
/'pAfa(r)/
noun (informal) = inhaler puf-fin /'pAfin/ noun a black and white
bird with a large, brightly coloured beak that lives near the sea, common in
the N Atlantic ffi#, Bt Affn-Effe ) —- picture o page R28 ,puff 'pastry nounTu] a type of light pastry that forms many thin layers when
baked, used for making pies,
cakes, etc.
'puff .piece noun (NAmE) = puff
n.(4)
,puff
‘sleeve (also
.puffed
'sleeve) noun a type of sleeve on a
piece of clothing that fits close to the body at the shoulder and the lower
edge and is wider in the middle, forming a round shape puffy /'pAfi/ adj. (puff-ier, puffi est) 1 (of eyes, faces, etc.
B&ffiL looking swollen (=*=
larger, rounder, etc.
than usual) 15 6ft; W 6ft:
Her eyes were
puffy from crying. J a 2 (of clouds, etc. ^%) looking
soft, round and
white7&lfctift& 6ft; Elt®^6ft ► puf-fi- ness noun [U]
pug
/pAg/
noun a small dog with short
hair and a wide flat face with deep folds of skin b£B$j pu gil ist /'pju:d3ilist/ noun (old-fashioned) a boxer X 7 7;.> pu-gil-ism /-lizam/ noun [U] pu gil istic /,pju:d3i- 'listik/ adj.
pug-na-cious /pAg'neiJas/ ocft. (formal) having a strong
desire to argue or fight with other people iHfr#l6ft; ^T6ft; ^$£#6ft bellicose
►
pug na cious ly adv.
pug-na-city /pAg'naesati/ noun [U] puis sance /'pwiisbs; NAmE -sd:s/ noun 1 Puissance [sing:] a competition in showjumping to test a horse’s ability
to jump high fences ( Aft 6ft ) 2[U]
(literary) great power or influence A^.; Si B[pJ
f}
puja /'pu:d3a:/ noun 1 a Hindu ceremony of
worship #
( £|l It lie 6ft TL fT )'
2 an offering (= a gift that is
given to a god) at the ceremony Hhp
pu-jari /pu:'d3arri/ noun a Hindu priest puke /pju:k/ verb - (sth) (up) (informal) to vomit b±; ng o±: [V] The baby puked all over me this
morning. 7S 4715fit 7i“#o 0 That guy makes me puke!
(f=
makes me angry).MXM(‘kH?Z%c 7! 0 [VN] Ipuked up my dinner. Tic IE 6ft IS X 0 ► puke noun [U]: to
be covered in puke if i}&Ui Bt 6ftiK ® pukka /'pAka/ adj. (BrE) 1 (old-fashioned) genuine; not a copy;
appropriate in a particular social situation 6ft; iilffl T7±Tc^ o‘6ft 2 (informal) of very good quality
mw; Jr.#6ft: ~7I6ft
pul chri tude /’pAlkritjuid; NAmE also -turd/ noun [U]
(literary) beauty AMR; T7£5
Pul-it-zer
Prize /,pulitz0(r) 'praiz; NAmE also ,pju:l-/ noun [C, sing.] in the