'Puffing' definitions:
Definition of 'puffing'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Puffing'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at. [1913 Webster]
- It is really to defy Heaven to puff at damnation. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To breathe quick and hard, or with puffs, as after violent exertion. [1913 Webster]
- The ass comes back again, puffing and blowing, from the chase. --L' Estrange. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated. --Boyle. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance. [1913 Webster]
- Then came brave Glory puffing by. --Herbert. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Puffing'
From: GCIDE
- Puffing \Puff"ing\, a. & n. from Puff, v. i. & t. [1913 Webster]
- Puffing adder. (Zool.) Same as Puff adder (b), under Puff.
- Puffing pig (Zool.), the common porpoise. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'puffing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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