- One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant
commendation. - One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at
suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder. - Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the
species of Tetrodon and Diodon; -- called also blower, puff-fish,
swellfish, and globefish. - The common, or harbor, porpoise. - A kier.