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HUFFING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does huffing mean?
• HUFFING (noun)
The noun HUFFING has 1 sense:
1. an act of forcible exhalation
Familiarity information: HUFFING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An act of forcible exhalation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("huffing" is a kind of...):
breathing out; exhalation; expiration (the act of expelling air from the lungs)
Derivation:
huff (blow hard and loudly)
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