poof

interjection

1. 1

   Onomatopoeia indicating a small explosion with a cloud of smoke; as caused by a deflating object, or a magical disappearance.

   Poof, he was gone.

   Even now, in the spring, the river softly cries, 'Menthol, Menthol, you are one wazoo. One day I'm the elf next door and the poof I'm a river.'

   The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist. And like that, poof. He's gone.

   What makes Atlantis so interesting is that its people built a utopian society and then mysteriously disappeared. One day it was there, then poof! Gone without a trace.

verb

1. 1

   To vanish or disappear.

   He poofed into thin air.

   He's a figment of your subconscious Eric, not mine, so I tapped into Ultimate Reality and poofed him out.

2. 2

   To break wind; to fart.

noun

1. 1

   The product of flatulence, or the sound of breaking wind.

noun

1. 1

   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.

Forms

plural

poofs, pooves

past tense

poofed

past participle

poofed

present participle

poofing

third person singular

poofs