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