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Meaning of PUFFING

Pronunciation:  p'ufing

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  an act of forcible exhalation
  2. [n]  blowing tobacco smoke out into the air; "they smoked up the room with their ceaseless puffing"
  3. [adj]  breathing heavily
 
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 Synonyms: breathing, eupneic, eupnoeic, huffing, huffing, puffy, snorting
 
 See Also: breathing out, exhalation, expiration, smoke, smoking

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Puff"ing\,
a. & n. from {Puff}, v. i. & t.
{Puffing adder}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Puff adder}
(b), under {Puff}.
{Puffing pig} (Zo["o]l.), the common porpoise.
 
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