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airpuff

noun

Etymology

From air + puff.

  1. inherited from *puf(f)-✻ — “to blow, puff”
  2. inherited from pyf — “a blast of wind, puff”
  3. inherited from puff
  4. compounded as airpuff — “air + puff”

Definitions

  1. A short, sharp puff of air designed to startle a small animal in a biological experiment.

    • No airpuff punishment or active removal of residual water from the lickport was used.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA