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cream puff

or cream·puff

[ kreem puhf ]

noun

  1. a nearly hollow shell made from choux pastry and filled with custard or whipped cream.
  2. Slang.
    1. a weak or timid person.
    2. a gay man.
  3. 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!



cream puff

noun

  1. a shell of light pastry with a custard or cream filling
  2. informal.
    an effeminate man
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cream puff1

First recorded in 1850–55
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Example Sentences

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.

Each freckle must be the same as a little burnt cream puff kept in the oven too long.

The girl laughed a merry laugh, then hurried away for a cream-puff.

A real love-letter ought to be like a cream puff with a drop of dynamite in it.

Benny looks and acts about as much like Mr. Robert as a cream puff looks like a ham sandwich.

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