huffing

Meaning of huffing

verb
  1. To breathe heavily.
    The run left him huffing and puffing.
  2. To say in a huffy manner.
  3. To enlarge; to swell up.
    Bread huffs.
  4. To bluster or swell with anger, arrogance, or pride; to storm; to take offense.
  5. To treat with arrogance and insolence; to chide or rebuke rudely; to bully, to hector.
  6. To inhale psychoactive inhalants.
  7. (draughts) To remove an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it).

noun

The act of inhaling psychoactive inhalants.

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Hyphenation of huffing

huff-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • huffing is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

huffing synonyms

Meaning puffing:

puffing, snorting

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