huffing

huff  (hf)

n.

A fit of anger or annoyance; a pique: stormed off in a huff.

v. huffed, huff·ing, huffs

v.intr.

1. To puff; blow.

2. To make noisy, empty threats; bluster.

3. To react indignantly; take offense.

4. Slang To inhale the fumes of a volatile chemical or substance as a means of becoming intoxicated.

v.tr.

1. To cause to puff up; inflate.

2. To treat with insolence; bully.

3. To anger; annoy.

4. Slang To inhale the fumes of (a volatile chemical, for example) as a means of becoming intoxicated.

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[Imitative of the sound of puffing.]

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huffer n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

huffing - an act of forcible exhalation         snorting, puffing breathing out, exhalation, expiration - the act of expelling air from the lungs