cream puff


noun

a hollow pastry made with cream puff paste and filled with custard sauce or whipped cream.
Informal.
  1. a weak or timid person; sissy.
  2. 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

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