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==English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|en|pouf}}

===Etymology 1===
{{onomatopoeic|en}}. See also {{m|en|puff}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{enPR|po͝of}}, {{IPA|en|/pʊf/}}
* {{a|en|US}}
** {{IPA|en|/puːf/|[puːɸ]}}
** {{audio|en|En-us-poof.ogg|a=US}}
* {{audio|en|en-au-poof.ogg|a=AU}}
* {{rhymes|en|ʊf|uːf|s=1}}
* {{homophones|en|pouf|pouffe}} (''with certain dialects and/or accents'')

====Interjection====
{{en-interj}}

# {{ng|[[onomatopoeia|Onomatopoeia]] indicating a small explosion with a cloud of smoke; as caused by a [[deflating]] object, or a magical [[disappearance]].}}
#: {{ux|en|'''Poof''', he was gone.}}
#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=1969|author=Beard & Kennedy|title=Bored of the Rings|page=87|passage=Even now, in the spring, the river softly cries, 'Menthol, Menthol, you are one wazoo. One day I'm the elf next door and the '''''poof''''' I'm a river.'}}
#* {{quote-av|en|medium=motion picture|year=1995|title=The Usual Suspects|writer=Christopher McQuarrie|role=Verbal|actor=Kevin Spacey|passage=The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist. And like that, '''poof'''. He's gone.}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|foofy}}
* {{l|en|go poof}}
* {{l|en|poofy}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|deflating object or a magical disappearance}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|puff}}
* French: {{t+|fr|pouf}}
* German: {{t+|de|puff}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|puf}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|puf}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|puf}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|poff}}, {{t+|sv|pysa}} {{qualifier|verb, deflation}}
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====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# To [[vanish]] or [[disappear]].
#: {{ux|en|He '''poofed''' into thin air.}}
#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=2019|author=Justin Blackburn|title=The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues|page=22|text=He's a figment of your subconscious Eric, not mine, so I tapped into Ultimate Reality and '''poofed''' him out.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To break wind; to [[fart]].

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|to vanish}}
* French: {{t+|fr|s'évanouir}}, {{t+|fr|s'évaporer}}, {{t+|fr|disparaître}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|znikać}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|gå upp i rök}}, {{t+|sv|pysa}}
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{{trans-top|to fart}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|pierrä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|péter}}, {{t+|fr|prouter}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|fisa}}, {{t+|sv|fjärta}}, {{t+|sv|prutta}}
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====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# The product of [[flatulence]], or the sound of breaking [[wind]].

===Etymology 2===
Origin unknown.

====Noun====
{{en-noun|s|pooves|pl2qual=less common}}

# {{lb|en|UK|Irish|Commonwealth|derogatory|colloquial}} A [[gay man]]; especially one who is [[effeminate]].
#: {{syn|en|Thesaurus:male homosexual}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2015|author=Irvine Welsh|title=A Decent Ride|url=https://books.google.de/books?id=AZ1-BAAAQBAJ&lpg=PA21&dq=%22a%20poof%22&pg=PA21#v=onepage&q=%22a%20poof%22&f=false|page=21|publisher=Random House|isbn=9781473520974
|passage=He recalls how everybody got called a ‘'''poof'''’ at Forrester High School in the seventies. Back then, only ‘wanker’ possibly rivalled it as the most common term of abuse. But The Poof was ''the'' Poof.}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|poofter}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|A male homosexual.}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|педераст|m}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|marieta|m}}, {{t+|ca|marica|m}}, {{t+|ca|maricó|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hintti}}
* French: {{t+|fr|pédale|f}}, {{t+|fr|tante|f}}, {{t+|fr|tapette|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|buzi}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|finocchio|m}}, {{t+|it|checca|f}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|skrulle|m|f}}, {{t|no|fjolle|m|f}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|pedał|m}}, {{t+|pl|pedzio|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|bicha}}, {{t+|pt|paneleiro}} {{qualifier|Portugal}}, {{t+|pt|maricas}} {{qualifier|Portugal}}, {{t|pt|zabela}} {{qualifier|Azores}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|голубо́й}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|fjolla|c}}
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{{trans-top|The product of flatulence.}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|prut}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|pieru|s}}
* French: {{t+|fr|pet|m}}, {{t+|fr|prout|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|fis|c}}, {{t+|sv|fjärt|c}}, {{t+|sv|prutt|c}}
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