- huffing and puffing
- huffing and puffingLoud talk, noisy objections• • •Main Entry: ↑huff
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
huffing and puffing
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huff and puff — 1) to breathe loudly and with difficulty I could hear him huffing and puffing up the stairs. 2) to speak or behave in a way that shows you strongly disagree with something After all the huffing and puffing, this was the first opportunity to see… … English dictionary
huff and puff — 1. to breathe in a noisy manner. He was on the top of the hill long before I came up huffing and puffing behind him. 2. to complain. The owners will huff and puff about their financial problems and then not do anything to solve them … New idioms dictionary
puffing — Synonyms and related words: asthmatic, blurb, breathing, breathless, errhine, expiratory, heaving, huffing, inspiratory, nasal, out of breath, panting, plug, pneumonic, pulmonary, pulmonic, respiratory, rhinal, short breathed, short winded,… … Moby Thesaurus
panting — n 1. breathlessness, shortness of breath, windedness, short windedness; huffing, puffing, huffing and puffing, gasping, heavy breathing; wheezing, labored breathing, Pathol. dyspnea, (usu. of horses) broken windedness. 2. pulse, pulsation,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
Mark Allen (triathlete) — Medal record Men s triathlon Competitor for the United States ITU World Championships Gold … Wikipedia
huff — 1 verb (I) informal 1 huff and puff to breathe out noisily, especially because you are tired: By the time he got to the top he was huffing and puffing. 2 huffing and puffing behaviour that shows that someone disagrees strongly with something such … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
huff — huff1 [hʌf] v informal [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: From the sound] 1.) huff and puff a) to breathe out in a noisy way, especially when you do something that involves a lot of physical effort ▪ He was huffing and puffing by the time he got to the… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Jenkem — is a purportedly hallucinogenic inhalant created from fermented human waste.[1] In the mid 1990s, it was reported to be a popular street drug among Zambian street children.[2][3][4][5] In Novembe … Wikipedia
puff — puff1 [ pʌf ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive to smoke a cigarette, pipe, etc.: puff on/at: Grandad sat in the corner and puffed on his pipe. 2. ) intransitive to breathe or blow out air noisily, especially because you have been running,… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
winded — [adj] out of breath breathless, gasping, huffing and puffing*, panting, puffing; concept 163 … New thesaurus
