Do we say poof or pouf

poof 3 occurrences

'Poof! tally-ho!

If this be your manner before marriage, what brand of brutality could I expect after?" "Poof!

At the end the two united and sang together, "Merciful Lord, have pity upon us, poof sinners, and keep us from all evil thoughts and worldly desires."

pouf 9 occurrences

"Olaf"coaxingly"do you really think I am as ugly as that?" "Pouf!" said the colonel airily; "I dare say you are well enough.

The diversions of the day depended wholly upon the weathera dash of rain, a wind from the north, and, pouf!

Had eet been ze monoplane zat kicked me, pouf!

So here I am, Mamma, writing to you up in my room, dressed in that horrid beige linen that we chose at night, and I shan't go down till déjeûner is ready, pouf!

"Sometimeah, sometime, I tell youhe crack on like dat, an' he go, pouf!

French Pete followed her admiringly, though he said ominously: "Some day, pouf!

Then they would put their toe on the trigger, and pouf!

"'Pouf!' exclaimed the old man in a dudgeon, 'if that is all your invention can tell me, good-bye.

There is an invention that makes it almost possible to strike a man down with impunity in broad daylight in any place where there is sufficient noise to cover up a click, a slight 'Pouf!'

Do we say   poof   or  pouf