cream puff

== English == === Alternative forms === creampuff === Pronunciation === === Noun === cream puff (plural cream puffs) A light, hollow pastry typically filled with cream or custard. (figuratively, informal) A weak or ineffectual person. (slang) An old motor vehicle in especially good condition. (slang, baseball) A weak pitch. (slang, Scotland) A state of mild annoyance or irritation. (slang, dated) A gay man. (military slang, obsolete) An exploding shell. ==== Hypernyms ==== (light pastry): cream cake ==== Derived terms ==== cream puff piece ==== Translations ==== === References === “cream puff”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “cream puff n.1”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present. “cream puff, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.