cream puff
noun
a hollow pastry made with cream puff paste and filled with custard sauce or whipped cream.
Informal.
- a weak or timid person; sissy.
- a vehicle or machine that has been kept in unusually good condition or is very easy to operate.
Origin of cream puff
First recorded in 1885–90
Words nearby cream puff
Example sentences from the Web for cream puff
The girl laughed a merry laugh, then hurried away for a cream-puff.
The Crimson Thread |Roy J. Snell
British Dictionary definitions for cream puff
cream puff
noun
a shell of light pastry with a custard or cream filling
informal
an effeminate man