verb Download 🔗Share To breathe heavily. Examples : "The run left him huffing and puffing." physiology body sensation Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To say in a huffy manner. Examples : "After being asked to do chores, the teenager responded by huffing, "Fine, I'll do it later!" " communication language attitude emotion Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To enlarge; to swell up. Examples : "Bread huffs." body physiology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To bluster or swell with anger, arrogance, or pride; to storm; to take offense. Examples : "When his little brother accidentally broke his toy, he started huffing and stomping his feet. " attitude emotion character mind Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To treat with arrogance and insolence; to chide or rebuke rudely; to bully, to hector. Examples : "The manager was huffing the new employee for being late, even though it was only his first day. " attitude character action human Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To inhale psychoactive inhalants. Examples : "The police warned the teenagers about the dangers of huffing paint thinner. " substance medicine body action mind Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (draughts) To remove an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it). Examples : ""In checkers, if you don't take my piece when you can, I'm allowed to take yours by huffing it off the board." " game Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The act of inhaling psychoactive inhalants. Examples : ""Huffing household chemicals can cause serious brain damage." " medicine substance mind action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading