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puffing |
3 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: puffing adj : breathing heavily [syn: {huffing}, {puffy}] n : blowing tobacco smoke out into the air; "they smoked up the room with their ceaseless puffing"
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