cream puff

• Pâtisserie légère et creuse, fourrée de crème fouettée ou de crème pâtissière. S'emploie aussi familièrement pour désigner une personne faible, molle ou facilement intimidée.

A light, hollow pastry filled with whipped cream or custard. Also used informally to describe someone who is weak, soft, or easily intimidated.

1. A2formal

   A light, hollow pastry shell filled with whipped cream or custard.

   chou à la crème

   • She ordered a cream puff for dessert.
   • The bakery makes the best cream puffs in town.
   • He filled the cream puffs with vanilla custard.

2. Weak or soft personC1slangamerican

   A person who is perceived as weak, soft, or easily intimidated.

   Personne faible et sans caractère

   • Don't be such a cream puff; stand up for yourself.
   • He's a cream puff when it comes to confrontation.
   • The coach called him a cream puff for giving up so easily.