puffing

noun 3

Collocations

ADJ.

still

VERB + PUFFING

arm, boasted, huffing, sat, smoke, started

PUFFING + NOUN

cigarette

PREP.

on, up, with

ADV.

away, stolidly

noun

The act of one who puffs.

the puffings and pantings of a man running to catch a train

A puffy ornament.

Evening dresses are trimmed in a variety of ways, with puffings of crape, fringes, and ornaments, of the richest patterns[…]

An opinion or judgment, often made by the seller of property to a potential buyer, that is not made as a representation of fact.

noun — an act of forcible exhalation

the puffings and pantings of a man running to catch a train

Wiktionary

Evening dresses are trimmed in a variety of ways, with puffings of crape, fringes, and ornaments, of the richest patterns[…]

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"A-hem!" Alice boasted, puffing up with pride.

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Puffing and panting we continued to run with renewed vigor.

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I sat stolidly puffing at my pipe and skipping over the pages of Henri Murger's Vie de Bohème.

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All you can hear is the huffing and puffing of horses.

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