puffball en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpʌfˌbɔːl/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From puff + ball.
Meanings
- Any of various fungi, usually globose, that produce a cloud of brown dust-like spores from their mature fruiting bodies, especially in family Lycoperdaceae.
- (broadly) Any of various mushrooms with globose fruiting bodies.
- A dandelion flower that has gone to seed, a dandelion clock.
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(figuratively) Something lacking substance.
Scads of souls thought the record was yet another puffball from ex-Beatle Paul.
1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 371:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| puffballs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
brown puffball · meadow puffball · summer puffball · spiny puffball · smoky puffball · dusky puffball · dusty puffball · giant puffball · sculptured puffball · tumbling puffball · Curtis's puffball · stalked puffball · fen puffball · false puffball · long-spined puffball · umber-brown puffball · warted puffball · pestle puffball · long-stemmed puffball · paltry puffball · grassland puffball · peeling puffball · hard-skinned puffball · grey puffball · mosaic puffball · pigskin poison puffball · corkstar puffball · sculpted puffball · stump puffball · true puffball · smooth puffball · winter stalk-puffball · pear-shaped puffball · puffball sponge · brain puffball · puffball beetle · common puffball · spring puffball · puffball skirt · lead-grey puffball · dwarf puffball · flaky puffball · gum puffball · gem-studded puffball · purple-spored puffball
Translations (48)
es cuesco de lobo (any of various fungi) · sv röksvamp (any of various fungi) · es pedo de lobo (any of various fungi) · ga béiceadán (any of various fungi) · hu pöfeteg (any of various fungi) · nb røyksopp (any of various fungi) · grc πέζις (any of various fungi) · tr duman mantarı (any of various fungi) · cs pýchavka (any of various fungi) · kk жаңбыршы (any of various fungi) · ga bolgán béice (any of various fungi) · tr osuruk mantarı (any of various fungi) · gd balg-péiteach (any of various fungi) · rm bovist (any of various fungi) · pl purchawka (any of various fungi) · nb røksopp (any of various fungi) · oj anang (any of various fungi) · taa dotron' ch'edeltsene' (any of various fungi) · de Bofist (any of various fungi) · br puferig (any of various fungi) · pl kurzawka (any of various fungi) · tr puf mantarı (any of various fungi) · de Bovist (any of various fungi) · br louf-bleiz (any of various fungi) · gd balg-séididh (any of various fungi) · et murumuna (any of various fungi) · ca pet de llop (any of various fungi) · fi tuhkelo (any of various fungi) · de Stäubling (any of various fungi) · pt bufa-de-lobo (any of various fungi) · cy chwysigen fwg (any of various fungi) · gd balg-smùid (any of various fungi) · mi tūtaeatua (any of various fungi) · tr kurt mantarı (any of various fungi) · ru дождеви́к (any of various fungi) · pt licoperdo (any of various fungi) · nn røyksopp (any of various fungi) · bg праханка (any of various fungi) · lv pūpēdis (any of various fungi) · ru де́душкин таба́к (any of various fungi) · nl stuifzwam (any of various fungi) · tr toz mantarı (any of various fungi) · ga bolg béice (any of various fungi) · pt bexiga-de-lobo (any of various fungi) · it vescia (any of various fungi) · fr vesse-de-loup (any of various fungi) · cy coden fwg (any of various fungi) · sk prášivka (any of various fungi)