cream puff
or cream·puff
a nearly hollow shell made from choux pastry and filled with custard or whipped cream.
Slang.
a weak or timid person.
a gay man.
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
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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.
You're apt to make him stop his Arabing and hang around the spot where the cream puff grows.
Kenny | Leona DalrympleEach freckle must be the same as a little burnt cream puff kept in the oven too long.
Rootabaga Stories | Carl SandburgThe girl laughed a merry laugh, then hurried away for a cream-puff.
The Crimson Thread | Roy J. SnellA 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
a shell of light pastry with a custard or cream filling
informal an effeminate man
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