cream puff

or cream·puff

[ kreem-puhf ]
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noun
  1. a nearly hollow shell made from choux pastry and filled with custard or whipped cream.

  2. Slang.

    • a weak or timid person.

    • a gay man.

  1. Slang. a vehicle or machine that has been kept in unusually good condition or is very easy to operate: Wow, this old Rolls drives like a dream. What a cream puff!

Origin of cream puff

1
First recorded in 1850–55

Words Nearby cream puff

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How to use cream puff in a sentence

  • The “play-play” ethnic gangster is but another variation on the supposed tough guy being exposed as a cream puff.

    PBS's Racial Problem | Stanley Crouch | May 27, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • You're apt to make him stop his Arabing and hang around the spot where the cream puff grows.

    Kenny | Leona Dalrymple
  • Each freckle must be the same as a little burnt cream puff kept in the oven too long.

    Rootabaga Stories | Carl Sandburg
  • The girl laughed a merry laugh, then hurried away for a cream-puff.

    The Crimson Thread | Roy J. Snell
  • A real love-letter ought to be like a cream puff with a drop of dynamite in it.

    The Melting of Molly | Maria Thompson Daviess
  • Benny looks and acts about as much like Mr. Robert as a cream puff looks like a ham sandwich.

    Torchy | Sewell Ford

British Dictionary definitions for cream puff

cream puff

noun
  1. a shell of light pastry with a custard or cream filling

  2. informal an effeminate man

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