poof:

1. Or: poofter / poufta(h) / pouffe / poove , obsolescent or obsolete, chiefly British and Australian usage, for a male homosexual .
ETYMOLOGY: C19 ^th term for a would-be actor; derived from the French pouffe meaning puff .

2. During the Renaissance, in meant to imitate the noise of a fart .

See Also: foop, fooper, horse's hoof, iron, iron hoof, pood, poofta(h), poofter, poove, poud, pouffe, pouve, puff

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