General Definition: 1. The action of something that starts flat and slowly expands to a bigger size, such as a pastry. Cheeks puff slightly. As a Noun: 1. Pastry that is very light and delicate. It has many thin layers, with fat inbetween them. When the pastry is baked, it puffs up. English = puff pastry. Note: 1. There appears to be no commonly used Auslan sign for PUFF PASTRY (but some signers represent this visually using these depicting signs, once they have established the topic). If you know a sign for PUFF PASTRY used by you or other Auslan users (deaf people or interpreters) please go to "Report missing sign" and supply details. Thank you.