puffa

From a British brand name, presumably from puff.

puffa (plural puffas)

1. (UK) A kind of shiny padded jacket.

   Synonyms: puffer coat, puffer jacket

• apuff

puffa (present puffar, preterite puffade, supine puffat, imperative puffa)

1. to puff ((make) be emitted as a puff or puffs (of smoke or gas))

   Rök puffade ur ånglokets skorsten

   Smoke puffed out of the steam locomotive's smokestack

   puffa på en cigarr

   puff on a cigar

2. (often with på or (expressing suddenness) till) to nudge (give a gentle push, sometimes figuratively)

   Hon puffade till honom i sidan. "Vakna!"

   She nudged him in the side. "Wake up!"

   Man måste puffa på dom lite för att de ska få tummen ur

   You have to nudge them a bit to get them to get their finger [thumb] out (get them to proceed with the matter at hand)

   1. to poke (on Facebook)
3. (with för) to promote, to pitch (compare archaic sense of English puff)
4. to emit short, dull bangs

• puff

• puffra
• pusta

• puffa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• puffa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• puffa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)