Crossword clues for puffing
puffing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Puffing \Puff"ing\, a. & n. from Puff, v. i. & t.
Puffing adder. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Puff adder (b), under Puff.
Puffing pig (Zo["o]l.), the common porpoise.
Puff \Puff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Puffed (p[u^]ft); p. pr. & vb. n. Puffing.] [Akin to G. puffen to pop, buffet, puff, D. poffen to pop, puffen to blow, Sw. puffa to push, to cuff, Dan. puffe to pop, thump. See Puff, n.]
To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs.
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To blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at.
It is really to defy Heaven to puff at damnation.
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To breathe quick and hard, or with puffs, as after violent exertion.
The ass comes back again, puffing and blowing, from the chase.
--L' Estrange. To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
--Boyle.-
To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
Then came brave Glory puffing by.
--Herbert.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of one who puffs. 2 A puffy ornament. 3 (context legal English) An opinion or judgment, often made by the seller of property to a potential buyer, that is not made as a representation of fact. vb. 1 (present participle of puff English) 2 (context United States English) Leaving a car engine running unattended, especially in cold weather to warm it up.
WordNet
Usage examples of "puffing".
He had just given them places at the table when a very red-faced Gord came puffing up the stairs.
They led us away from the table and into a pleasant room where a little iron stove enamelled with flower-patterned tiles was keeping a teakettle puffing out steam.
A cloud of air, puffing out from nose and mouth, shrouded her vision briefly, but the shadow forms of the Lost Ones were unmistakable once you knew them, old enemies returned to haunt her.
And so he did, afterward puffing away on the thing as if the rising smoke would form a misty barrier against the wind and rain.
But before old Wurale could get well into the story of the Beddlington Ape, Jonathan had bolted past the puffing Professor and out the cabin door.
The Professor paused only long enough to tie the raft to outcropping roots before puffing along behind, weaponless but determined.
Besides the gallant Ahab, the three companions sat puffing on the bow, Jonathan tut-tutting over the loss of the oboe gun.
The Professor had begun to puff at his pipe with the fervor of a blacksmith puffing away at a forge when they came upon the great lily expanses of the slough.
He was a marvelous sight though, hurrying along at the head of the procession, his arms swinging about his body as he lumbered puffing forward on bulky legs.
Then he lit his pipe, puffing at the tobacco until it blazed like a lumberyard fire.
Finally, after tamping, away for a bit and puffing and relighting and tamping some more, he shoved the tobacco and matches and tamper back into a pocket and once again removed the watch, holding it up in front of himself as if checking the time.
Finally all the stories were told and they sat about into the late afternoon, puffing on pipes and taking turns at the pedaling, making as good a time, all in all, as they had at any point on the voyage.
Gilroy Bast able filled a pipe, dribbled a spot of brandy into a glass, and slid into easy chairs where they sat puffing contentedly.
His progress up the stairs was slow of necessity because of his corpulence and underscored by a series of puffing sounds interspersed with grunts of protest.
Loial and the two older men were puffing contentedly, Agelmar glanced at the Ogier.