puffer
Pronunciation: /ˈpʌfə/
noun
- 1a person or thing that puffs.
- chiefly Scottish a steamboat, especially a small coastal freighter: that colourful Clyde puffer, the Vital Spark
- informal a steam train.
- informal an aerosol inhaler used for administering a drug for a condition such as asthma.
- 2short for pufferfish.