Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913 Pluff /plŭf/ · IPA /plˈʌf/ v. t. n. 01 v. t. To throw out, as smoke, dust, etc., in puffs. 1. To throw out, as smoke, dust, etc., in puffs.[Scot.] 02 n. A puff, as of smoke from a pipe, or of dust from a puffball; a slight explosion, as of a small quantity of gunpowder. 1. A puff, as of smoke from a pipe, or of dust from a puffball; a slight explosion, as of a small quantity of gunpowder.[Scot.] 2. A hairdresser's powder puff; also, the act of using it.[Scot.]