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cream puff
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cream puff

noun

Definition of CREAM PUFF

1
: a round shell of light pastry filled with whipped cream or a cream filling
2
: an ineffectual person
3
: something trifling, inconsiderable, or easily dealt with
4
: a usually used motor vehicle that is in especially good condition
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Examples of CREAM PUFF

  1. We'll never win with a bunch of cream puffs on our team!
  2. <everyone thinks tonight's game will be a cream puff, and so it hasn't generated a lot of interest>

First Known Use of CREAM PUFF

1880

Related to CREAM PUFF

Synonyms
breeze, cake, cakewalk, child's play, cinch, duck soup, kid stuff, picnic, pushover, roses, snap
Antonyms
bear, beast, chore, headache, horror show, killer, labor, murder, pain, sticky wicket, stinker [slang]

Rhymes with CREAM PUFF

breadstuff, dyestuff, earmuff, enough, feedstuff, foodstuff, greenstuff, handcuff, hang tough, hot stuff, kid stuff, Pine Bluff, rebuff, small stuff

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