PUFFER

puffer. Puffer, n. one who puffs, a boaster, a deceiver

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Puff″er (?), n. 1. 1. One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant commendation.
2. 2. One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder. Bouvier.
3. 3. (Zoöl.) (a) Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the species of Tetrodon and Diodon; — called also blower, puff-fish, swellfish, and globefish. (b) The common, or harbor, porpoise.
4. 4. (Dyeing) A kier.