poove

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
poove /puːv/

▶noun variant spelling of poof1.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
poof1 /pʊf, puːf/ (also pouf or poove)

▶noun Brit. informal, derogatory an effeminate or homosexual man.

– derivatives
poofy adjective (poofier, poofiest).

– origin C19: perh. an alt. of the archaic noun puff in the sense ‘braggart’.

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poof2 /pʊf/ (also pouf)

▶exclamation describing a sudden disappearance or expressing contemptuous dismissal.

– origin C19: symbolic.