Pluff is a Scottish dialect word with a softness baked right into its sound. It can mean a powder puff used by a hairdresser, the action of using one, or a light puff of smoke or dust. There's something wonderfully onomatopoeic about it — 'pluff' sounds exactly like what it describes: a soft, airy little burst of something. It's dialect-specific and old-fashioned, but the kind of word that immediately makes sense the moment you hear it.
The barber gave his neck a quick pluff of talcum powder before unwrapping the cape.
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(Scotland) A hairdresser's powder puff.
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(Scotland) A puff of smoke or dust.
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(Scotland) The act of using a powder puff.
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