one who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant commendation.-one who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder.-any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the species of tetrodon and diodon; -- called also blower, puff-fish, swellfish, and globefish.-the common, or harbor, porpoise.-a kier.