4-Letter Words That Start With: PU

• A religious ritual performed in South Asia as an act of worship.

• a short light gust of air

• a light inflated pastry or puff shell

• exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)

• bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together

• a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin

• thick cushion used as a seat

• a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)

• forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth

• gathered for protruding fullness

• smoke and exhale strongly

• suck in or take (air)

• breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted

• make proud or conceited

• praise extravagantly

• speak in a blustering or scornful manner

• to swell or cause to enlarge

• blow hard and loudly

• a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey

• a mischievous sprite of English folklore

• an aggressive and violent young criminal

• substance that smolders when ignited; used to light fuses (especially fireworks)

• material for starting a fire

• a teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture

• rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock

• of very poor quality; flimsy

• a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction

• the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body

• a low-cut shoe without fastenings

• operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal

• deliver forth

• draw or pour with a pump

• supply in great quantities

• flow intermittently

• move up and down

• raise (gases or fluids) with a pump

• question persistently

• a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible

• the matter ejected in vomiting

• eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

• the act of applying force in order to move something away

• the force used in pushing

• enterprising or ambitious drive

• an electrical switch operated by pressing

• an effort to advance

• move with force

• press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action

• make publicity for; try to sell (a product)

• strive and make an effort to reach a goal

• press against forcefully without moving

• approach a certain age or speed

• exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for

• sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs)

• move strenuously and with effort

• make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby

• inferior in strength or significance

• (used especially of persons) of inferior size