Huffing

//ˈhʌfɪŋ// adj, noun, verb, slang

adj, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of inhaling psychoactive inhalants. colloquial
  2. 2
    an act of forcible exhalation wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of huff form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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asthmaticnasalpantingpuffingpuffingpulmonary

Example

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"I'm not a mountaineer, and I don't aspire to be one, but it's so cool to stand on a summit and see the world around me from places one can only get to on foot, with a lot of huffing and puffing and sweat along the way."

Etymology

From huff + -ing.

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