a hollow pastry made with cream puff paste and filled with custard sauce or whipped cream.
2.
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
1885-90
British Dictionary definitions for cream puff
cream puff
noun
1.
a shell of light pastry with a custard or cream filling
2.
(informal) an effeminate man
Slang definitions & phrases for cream puff
cream puff
noun phrase
A weakling; sissy, wimp: Opponents might get the idea Lemon is a cream puff(1930s+)
Something for sale, esp a used car in splendid condition and a tremendous bargain: before you believe, much less see, any of the ''creampuffs'' in the classifieds(1940s+ Salespersons)