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Definition of Huffing
1. Noun. An act of forcible exhalation.
Generic synonyms: Breathing Out, Exhalation, Expiration
Derivative terms: Huff, Puff, Puff, Snort
Definition of Huffing
1. Noun. (colloquial) The act of inhaling psychoactive inhalants. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of huff) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Huffing
1. huff [v] - See also: huff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Huffing
Literary usage of Huffing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. ... Characters and Passages from Note-books by Samuel Butler (1908)
"A huffing COURTIER IS a Cypher, that has no Value himself, but from the Place he
stands in ... huffing ..."
2. Specimens of English Dramatic Poets who Lived about the Time of Shakespeare by Charles Lamb, Israel Gollancz (1893)
"... and superlatives; "huffing braggart puft " lines,* such as the play-writers
anterior to Shakspeare are full of, and Pistol "but coldly imitates. ..."
3. Abaddon's Steam Engine, Calumny, Delineated: Being an Attempt to Stop Its by Richard Ferguson, Lover of mercy rejoicing over judgement (1817)
"... Blighting our church and civil hopes, By huffing, puffing union. See slandering
puff balls, light as air, Japan'd all o'er with bishop hair, ..."
4. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D: Including A Journal of His Tour to the by James Boswell, John Wilson Croker (1846)
"... think it may affect some young ladds; for these two reason^ he is not approved
on, ye late master Mjr. Crompton's huffing the ..."
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