Unscramble puffing

Definition of puffing

noun:

• blowing tobacco smoke out into the air; "they smoked up the room with their ceaseless puffing".
• an act of forcible exhalation. Synonyms: huffing, snorting.

verb:

• smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar", "whiff a pipe". Synonyms: puff, whiff.
• suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath", "draw on a cigarette". Synonyms: drag, draw, puff.
• breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily". Synonyms: gasp, heave, pant, puff.
• make proud or conceited; "The sudden fame puffed her ego". Synonyms: puff.
• praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Broadway production". Synonyms: puff, puff up.
• speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of man". Synonyms: puff.
• to swell or cause to enlarge,; "Her faced puffed up from the drugs", "puffed out chests". Synonyms: blow up, puff, puff out, puff up.
• blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain". Synonyms: chuff, huff, puff.

Words nearby

huffing, puffin.

Rhymes with

huffing, stuffing.