NOUN | act | puffing | blowing / blowing tobacco smoke out into the air |
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act | puffing, huffing, snorting | an act of forcible exhalation |
Sounds | pah'fihng | |
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Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... |
Meaning | blowing / blowing tobacco smoke out into the air. | |
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Example | "they smoked up the room with their ceaseless puffing" | |
Broader | smoke, smoking | The act of smoking tobacco or other substances |
Verbs | puff | smoke and exhale strongly |
Meaning | An act of forcible exhalation. | |
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Synonyms | huffing, snorting | |
Broader | exhalation, expiration, breathing out | The act of expelling air from the lungs |
Spanish | resoplido, resoplo, resuello | |
Catalan | bleix, esbufec, panteix | |
Verbs | puff | breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted |
puff | blow hard and loudly |
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