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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Puff \Puff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Puffed (p[u^]ft); p. pr. &
vb. n. Puffing.] [Akin to G. puffen to pop, buffet, puff,
D. poffen to pop, puffen to blow, Sw. puffa to push, to cuff,
Dan. puffe to pop, thump. See Puff, n.]
1. To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs.
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2. To blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at.
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It is really to defy Heaven to puff at damnation.
--South.
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3. To breathe quick and hard, or with puffs, as after violent
exertion.
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The ass comes back again, puffing and blowing, from
the chase. --L' Estrange.
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4. To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated. --Boyle.
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5. To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner;
hence, to assume importance.
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Then came brave Glory puffing by. --Herbert.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Puffing \Puff"ing\,
a. & n. from Puff, v. i. & t.
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Puffing adder. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Puff adder
(b), under Puff.
Puffing pig (Zo["o]l.), the common porpoise.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Puff \Puff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Puffed (p[u^]ft); p. pr. &
vb. n. Puffing.] [Akin to G. puffen to pop, buffet, puff,
D. poffen to pop, puffen to blow, Sw. puffa to push, to cuff,
Dan. puffe to pop, thump. See Puff, n.]
1. To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs.
2. To blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at.
It is really to defy Heaven to puff at damnation.
--South.
3. To breathe quick and hard, or with puffs, as after violent
exertion.
The ass comes back again, puffing and blowing, from
the chase. --L' Estrange.
4. To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated. --Boyle.
5. To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner;
hence, to assume importance.
Then came brave Glory puffing by. --Herbert.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Puffing \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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
puffing
adj : breathing heavily [syn: huffing, puffy]
n 1: blowing tobacco smoke out into the air; "they smoked up the
room with their ceaseless puffing"
2: an act of forcible exhalation [syn: huffing, snorting]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
puffing
n.
1 The act of one who puffs.
2 A puffy ornament.
vb.
1 (present participle of en puff nocat=1)
2 (lb en United States) Leaving a car engine running unattended,
especially in cold weather to warm it up.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
puffing
n.
1 The act of one who puffs.
2 A puffy ornament.
vb.
1 (present participle of en puff nocat=1)
2 (lb en United States) Leaving a car engine running unattended,
especially in cold weather to warm it up.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
puffing
n.
1 The act of one who puffs.
2 A puffy ornament.
vb.
1 (present participle of en puff nocat=1)
2 (lb en United States) Leaving a car engine running unattended,
especially in cold weather to warm it up.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
puffing
n.
1 The act of one who puffs.
2 A puffy ornament.
vb.
1 (present participle of en puff nocat=1)
2 (lb en United States) Leaving a car engine running unattended,
especially in cold weather to warm it up.
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
puffing
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm p uff ing)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Puffing /pˈʌfɪŋ/ النفخFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
puffing /pˈʌfɪŋ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]šlukování
puffing /pˈʌfɪŋ/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]vyfukování
puffing /pˈʌfɪŋ/ LuftblasenbildungFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]Note: Vakuum Note: vacuum
puffing /pˈʌfɪŋ/ PuffenFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]Note: Ofen Note: furnace
puffing /pˈʌfɪŋ/ ScheinbietenFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]Note: bei Auktionen Note: at auctions
puffing /pˈʌfɪŋ/
paffend, qualmend, schmökend
Synonym: puffing away
see: puff, puff away, puffed, puffed away, puffs, puffs away, puffed, puffed away
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈpəfɪŋ/
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "puffing":
asthmatic, blurb, breathing, breathless, errhine, expiratory,
heaving, huffing, inspiratory, nasal, out of breath, panting, plug,
pneumonic, pulmonary, pulmonic, respiratory, rhinal,
short-breathed, short-winded, sneezy, sniffling, sniffly, sniffy,
snoring, snorting, snuffling, snuffly, snuffy, sternutatory,
stertorous, wheezing, wheezy, winded, write-up
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
晶胀现象; 扑气; 急喷出