Usually means: Disappear suddenly; magic sound effect.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word poof:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. poof: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. poof: Merriam-Webster
  3. poof, poof: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. poof, poof: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. poof: Collins English Dictionary
  6. poof: Vocabulary.com
  7. Poof, poof: Wordnik
  8. poof: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. poof: Wiktionary
  10. poof: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. poof: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. poof: Dictionary.com
  13. poof: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Poof (disambiguation), Poof: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. poof: Rhymezone
  16. poof: FreeDictionary.org
  17. poof: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. poof: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. poof: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. SMS Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. poof: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Ka-BOOM! Comicbook Words on Historical Principles (No longer online)
  2. poof: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. poof, poof, poof, poof: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. poof: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. Poof, The Poof, poof: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Poof: Backgammon

(Note: See poofing as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  To vanish or disappear.
verb:  (intransitive) To break wind; to fart.
noun:  The product of flatulence, or the sound of breaking wind.
noun:  (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, derogatory, colloquial) A gay man; especially one who is effeminate.

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