Poof
noun
A sudden disappearing or ending.
The magician said 'abrakadabra' and, poof, the rabbit was gone.
Often appears as...
- poof
- it's gone
interjection
Used to show something disappearing suddenly or unexpectedly.
I turned around and -poof- he was gone!
Often appears as...
- poof
- it's gone
noun
A derogatory term for a homosexual man.
People in high school can be cruel, calling him a 'poof' just because he was different.
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
noun
A sudden disappearing or ending.
The magician said 'abrakadabra' and, poof, the rabbit was gone.
Often appears as...
- poof
- it's gone
interjection
Used to show something disappearing suddenly or unexpectedly.
I turned around and -poof- he was gone!
Often appears as...
- poof
- it's gone
noun
A derogatory term for a homosexual man.
People in high school can be cruel, calling him a 'poof' just because he was different.
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Magic Context
Often used to describe sudden disappearances in stories or magic acts.
The crowd gasped as the magician clapped his hands and, poof, the coins vanished.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Use
Can imply something ended or vanished surprisingly fast, not always literally.
With the new policy in place, their profits went poof overnight.
Pro Tip 3/3Expressive Sound
Mimics a soft explosion sound, evoking imagery of something puffing away.
He blew on the dandelion, and poof, the seeds floated away.
Pro Tip 1/3Magic Context
Often used to describe sudden disappearances in stories or magic acts.
The crowd gasped as the magician clapped his hands and, poof, the coins vanished.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Use
Can imply something ended or vanished surprisingly fast, not always literally.
With the new policy in place, their profits went poof overnight.
Pro Tip 3/3Expressive Sound
Mimics a soft explosion sound, evoking imagery of something puffing away.
He blew on the dandelion, and poof, the seeds floated away.
Pro Tip 1/3Magic Context
Often used to describe sudden disappearances in stories or magic acts.
The crowd gasped as the magician clapped his hands and, poof, the coins vanished.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Use
Can imply something ended or vanished surprisingly fast, not always literally.
With the new policy in place, their profits went poof overnight.
Pro Tip 3/3Expressive Sound
Mimics a soft explosion sound, evoking imagery of something puffing away.
He blew on the dandelion, and poof, the seeds floated away.
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Video examples
The secret to scientific...
and realized they had made a very embarrassing mistake. They had not accounted for some very subtle characteristics of the Earth's motion around the Sun, which affected how they measured this planet going around the pulsar. And it turns out that when they did account for it correctly, poof -- their planet disappeared. It wasn't real.
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Christopher Emdin: Teach...
and raise your eyebrow about a quarter of an inch, you don't have to say a word because they know that that means that you want more. And if we could transform teacher education to focus on teaching teachers how to create that magic then poof! we could make dead classes come alive,
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Mick Mountz: What...
or my vision for how it should work. I said, let's focus on the problem. I have an order here and what I want to do is I want to put red, green and blue in this box right here. What I need is a system where I put out my hand and — poof! —
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Online learning could...
For the team I joined, it was a rare chance to think deeply about lab instruction. In undergrad, I rarely knew what I was doing in labs. A couple of drops of this and a couple of drops of that, and poof -- it would turn red.
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My year of saying yes to...
And a crazy thing the very act of doing the thing that scared me undid the fear, made it not scary. My fear of public speaking, my social anxiety, poof, gone. It's amazing, the power of one word. "Yes" changed my life.
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A Creator-Led Internet,...
That' a big deal. And even more important, if we build these membership cards on a blockchain, no company can ever take Lisa's community away from her. Instagram could -- poof! -- disappear tomorrow
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The danger of science...
it's vanished we vanquished it poof in the rich world diseases that threatened millions of us just a generation ago no longer exists hardly diphtheria rubella polio does anyone even know what those
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This Taxi Driver Has an...
we were going me and my uncle youngest uncle and him he had a fight so we all preparing it on he's like everybody he was the favor anyone like this first round like 1050 second poof and he went
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Jeff Hancock: 3 types of...
so even the people of the last two millennia, most of the words they ever said -- poof! -- disappeared. Let's turn to now, the networked age. How many of you have recorded something today?
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There are no scraps of...
turns into into hope and is easy for me as well to train someone who has already passed through the experience of disability poof they learn much faster the motivation the empathy they can
Video examples
The secret to scientific...
and realized they had made a very embarrassing mistake. They had not accounted for some very subtle characteristics of the Earth's motion around the Sun, which affected how they measured this planet going around the pulsar. And it turns out that when they did account for it correctly, poof -- their planet disappeared. It wasn't real.
Video examples
Christopher Emdin: Teach...
and raise your eyebrow about a quarter of an inch, you don't have to say a word because they know that that means that you want more. And if we could transform teacher education to focus on teaching teachers how to create that magic then poof! we could make dead classes come alive,
Video examples
Mick Mountz: What...
or my vision for how it should work. I said, let's focus on the problem. I have an order here and what I want to do is I want to put red, green and blue in this box right here. What I need is a system where I put out my hand and — poof! —
Video examples
Online learning could...
For the team I joined, it was a rare chance to think deeply about lab instruction. In undergrad, I rarely knew what I was doing in labs. A couple of drops of this and a couple of drops of that, and poof -- it would turn red.
Video examples
My year of saying yes to...
And a crazy thing the very act of doing the thing that scared me undid the fear, made it not scary. My fear of public speaking, my social anxiety, poof, gone. It's amazing, the power of one word. "Yes" changed my life.
Video examples
A Creator-Led Internet,...
That' a big deal. And even more important, if we build these membership cards on a blockchain, no company can ever take Lisa's community away from her. Instagram could -- poof! -- disappear tomorrow
Video examples
The danger of science...
it's vanished we vanquished it poof in the rich world diseases that threatened millions of us just a generation ago no longer exists hardly diphtheria rubella polio does anyone even know what those
Video examples
This Taxi Driver Has an...
we were going me and my uncle youngest uncle and him he had a fight so we all preparing it on he's like everybody he was the favor anyone like this first round like 1050 second poof and he went
Video examples
Jeff Hancock: 3 types of...
so even the people of the last two millennia, most of the words they ever said -- poof! -- disappeared. Let's turn to now, the networked age. How many of you have recorded something today?
Video examples
There are no scraps of...
turns into into hope and is easy for me as well to train someone who has already passed through the experience of disability poof they learn much faster the motivation the empathy they can
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Quote examples
Yung Lean
Swedish Musician
I hate it when people try to explain music. The best thing about music is that it's invisible. If you make a song and someone is like, 'Explain it,' and you explain the message, it's like - poof. It all crashes down.
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Eddie Bracken
American Actor
But I have fun with the fright, work with it. You have to - that's your timing, that beat of excitement. And when I go on stage, it's just like taking a step into heaven. Poof, you know? Poof - and there I am.
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Barbara Ehrenreich
American Writer
I first started asking big questions when I was 12, and by big questions, I mean, 'Why are we here? What is this business? We're alive for a few short decades and then poof, we're out of here.
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Victoria Legrand
Musician
My hair is a wild, untamable beast! I like letting it grow; my bangs grow whatever way they want and I kind of follow their rule. So side bangs, poof bangs - it's kind of unpredictable.
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Francisco Costa
Brazilian Designer
Rio was a period of my life, and then, poof, I'm gone. I was very young living here, just kind of floating. New York was a foundation for everything I do today. Rio was the bridge.
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Anne Sweeney
American Businesswoman
A good leader should focus on making sure everyone is being given the tools to do their job, not just expecting - poof! - that they're going to produce great work.
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Graham Norton
Irish Celebrity
Where I get bored is when I show up for a shoot and they want me to wear a feather boa. Too obvious a thing for a poof on the telly to do.
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Dave Portnoy
American Celebrity
I want to make a boatload of money and i want to poof and maybe make it on the senior tour, live on islands, get a bigger Nantucket house.
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Mark McKinnon
American Businessman
Ah, political physics. Someone wins an election and, poof, they are a candidate for vice president. Ridiculous.
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Kelvin Fletcher
English Actor
Yeah I had the poof thing before the acting because I did ballet.
Quote examples
Yung Lean
Swedish Musician
I hate it when people try to explain music. The best thing about music is that it's invisible. If you make a song and someone is like, 'Explain it,' and you explain the message, it's like - poof. It all crashes down.
Quote examples
Eddie Bracken
American Actor
But I have fun with the fright, work with it. You have to - that's your timing, that beat of excitement. And when I go on stage, it's just like taking a step into heaven. Poof, you know? Poof - and there I am.
Quote examples
Barbara Ehrenreich
American Writer
I first started asking big questions when I was 12, and by big questions, I mean, 'Why are we here? What is this business? We're alive for a few short decades and then poof, we're out of here.
Quote examples
Victoria Legrand
Musician
My hair is a wild, untamable beast! I like letting it grow; my bangs grow whatever way they want and I kind of follow their rule. So side bangs, poof bangs - it's kind of unpredictable.
Quote examples
Francisco Costa
Brazilian Designer
Rio was a period of my life, and then, poof, I'm gone. I was very young living here, just kind of floating. New York was a foundation for everything I do today. Rio was the bridge.
Quote examples
Anne Sweeney
American Businesswoman
A good leader should focus on making sure everyone is being given the tools to do their job, not just expecting - poof! - that they're going to produce great work.
Quote examples
Graham Norton
Irish Celebrity
Where I get bored is when I show up for a shoot and they want me to wear a feather boa. Too obvious a thing for a poof on the telly to do.
Quote examples
Dave Portnoy
American Celebrity
I want to make a boatload of money and i want to poof and maybe make it on the senior tour, live on islands, get a bigger Nantucket house.
Quote examples
Mark McKinnon
American Businessman
Ah, political physics. Someone wins an election and, poof, they are a candidate for vice president. Ridiculous.
Quote examples
Kelvin Fletcher
English Actor
Yeah I had the poof thing before the acting because I did ballet.
Example 1 of 10
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