poof definitions

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: offensive term for an openly homosexual man [syn: fagot, faggot, fag, fairy, nance, pansy, queen, queer, poof, poove, pouf]

Merriam Webster's

I. interjection Date: 1824 — used to express disdain or dismissal or to suggest instantaneous occurrence II. noun also poove (plural poofs; also pooves) Etymology: perhaps alteration of ²puff Date: circa 1860 British usually disparaging a male homosexual

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (also pouf, poove) Brit. sl. derog. 1 an effeminate man. 2 a male homosexual. Derivatives: poofy adj. Etymology: 19th c.: cf. PUFF in sense 'braggart'

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also pouf(poofs) 1. A poof is a homosexual man. (BRIT INFORMAL, OFFENSIVE) N-COUNT 2. Some people say poof to indicate that something happened very suddenly. They approach, embrace, and poof! they disappear in a blinding flash of light. EXCLAM