# Puff

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'''Puff''' or '''puffs''' may refer to:
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==Science and technology==
* Puff, a small quantity of gas or smoke in the [air](/source/air)<!--for context, fails [WP:DABMENTION](/source/WP%3ADABMENTION)-->
** Puff, a light gust of [wind](/source/wind)
** [Exhalation](/source/Exhalation)<!--see wikt-->
** [Inhalation](/source/Inhalation)<!--see wikt-->
* [Puff model](/source/Puff_model), volcanic ash tracking model developed at the University of Alaska Fairbanks
* [PUFFS (NetBSD)](/source/PUFFS_(NetBSD)), a NetBSD kernel subsystem developed for running filesystems in userspace
* [Chromosome puff](/source/Chromosome_puff) or "Puffs", diffused uncoiled regions of the polytene chromosome that are sites of RNA transcription
<!--* [Public forum debate](/source/Public_forum_debate) (PF Debate), sometimes pronounced as "puff" (fails [WP:DABMENTION](/source/WP%3ADABMENTION))-->
* [Picofarad](/source/Picofarad) (pF), a unit of capacitance sometimes pronounced "puff"

==Foods==
* [Cocoa Puffs](/source/Cocoa_Puffs), a brand of chocolate-flavored puffed grain breakfast cereal, manufactured by General Mills
* [Cream puff](/source/Cream_puff) or profiterole
* [Curry puff](/source/Curry_puff)
* [Puff pastry](/source/Puff_pastry)
* [Puffed grain](/source/Puffed_grain)
** [Cheese puffs](/source/Cheese_puffs), extruded corn snacks (and other flavors)
** [Sugar Puffs](/source/Sugar_Puffs), a brand of sugar-frosted puffed grain breakfast cereal

==Military==
* [Passive Underwater Fire Control Feasibility System](/source/Passive_Underwater_Fire_Control_Feasibility_System), a US Navy submarine sonar system
* [Douglas AC-47 Spooky](/source/Douglas_AC-47_Spooky) (nickname "Puff, the Magic Dragon"), a US Air Force ground-attack aircraft

==People with the name==
* [Puff Daddy](/source/Puff_Daddy) or Sean Combs (born 1969), rapper
* [Puff Johnson](/source/Puff_Johnson) (1972–2013), American singer
* [Puff Kuo](/source/Puff_Kuo) (born 1988), Taiwanese singer and actress

==Fictional characters==
* Puff, a character in Peter, Paul and Mary's 1963 song "[Puff, the Magic Dragon](/source/Puff%2C_the_Magic_Dragon)"
* Mr. Puff, a character in Sheridan's 1779 play ''[The Critic](/source/The_Critic_(play))''
* [Mrs. Puff](/source/Mrs._Puff), a character in the television series ''SpongeBob SquarePants''
* Puff, a pet poodle dog in Disney animated series ''[The Proud Family](/source/The_Proud_Family)''
* Puff, a pet cat in the [Dick and Jane](/source/Dick_and_Jane) textbook series

==Other uses==
* [Puff piece](/source/Puff_piece) or puffery, exaggerated advertising claims
* [Puff sleeve](/source/Puff_sleeve)
* [Powder puff](/source/Powder_puff), face-powder applicator
* [Puffs (facial tissue)](/source/Puffs_(facial_tissue)), an American brand of facial tissue from Procter & Gamble
*''[Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic](/source/Puffs%2C_or_Seven_Increasingly_Eventful_Years_at_a_Certain_School_of_Magic_and_Magic)'', a 2015 play which is a pastiche of the ''Harry Potter'' book series
* "Puff", a 1962 song by [Kenny Lynch](/source/Kenny_Lynch)

==See also==
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* [Pouf](/source/Pouf) or pouffe<!--homonyms-->
* [Poof (disambiguation)](/source/Poof_(disambiguation))
* [Puff adder (disambiguation)](/source/Puff_adder_(disambiguation))
* [Puffer (disambiguation)](/source/Puffer_(disambiguation))
* [Puffy (disambiguation)](/source/Puffy_(disambiguation))
* [Puff the Magic Dragon (disambiguation)](/source/Puff_the_Magic_Dragon_(disambiguation))
* ''[The Powerpuff Girls](/source/The_Powerpuff_Girls)'', an American superhero animated television series
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