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huffing::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | puffing, snorting |
| Type of | breathing out, exhalation, expiration |
| Derivation | huff |
Examples of huffing
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Freeways replaced trolley tracks, and huffing buses took over for electric rail.
From the sfgate.com
Here's P. Z. Myers stamping his little feet and Jerry Coyne huffing and puffing.
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After a great deal of huffing and puffing, almost all of the freezer was inside.
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All the while, we're huffing out husky ha-ha-ha sounds from deep in our bellies.
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Sure, some of the huffing and puffing from the sprint into the audience was real.
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Wolf tries his best, but this time huffing and puffing won't blow the door in.
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It helped send the U.S. huffing and puffing to today's conclusion with a 9-7 lead.
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After about 90 minutes of huffing and puffing, I reach the summit parking lot.
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Riley isn't alone in experimenting with inhalant abuse, commonly known as huffing.
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- A state of irritation or annoyance
- Inhale recreational drugs; "The addict was snorting cocaine almost every day"; "the kids were huffing glue"
- Puff: blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"
- Huffing is a rule used in some board games, such as Alquerque and traditional and informal English draughts (checkers). By this rule, a player who fails to make a capturing move when one is available is penalised by having the piece huffed, i.e. removed from the board.
- Huff is an American television dramedy series produced by Sony Pictures Television for Showtime. The series was created by Bob Lowry and features Hank Azaria as Dr. Craig "Huff" Huffstodt, a psychiatrist whose life changes abruptly when a 15-year-old client commits suicide in his office. ...
- A heavy breath; a grunt or sigh; An expression of anger, annoyance, disgust, etc; To breathe heavily; To inhale psychoactive inhalants; To remove an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it)
- To deliberately inhale volatile gasses from a liquid or solid such that the gasses can enter the body and alter consciousness. ...
- To inhale ordinary household products to get high. Users huff directly from the container or from inhalant-soaked rags, socks, or rolls of toilet paper. ...
