Used in a Sentence

huffing

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for huffing.

Editorial note

In fact that's the hardest part; huffing and puffing for the next hour or so is easy in comparison.

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Quick take

(colloquial) The act of inhaling psychoactive inhalants.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of huffing gathered in one view.

noun

(colloquial) The act of inhaling psychoactive inhalants.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for huffing.

Example sentences

1

In fact that's the hardest part; huffing and puffing for the next hour or so is easy in comparison.

2

Arrington huffing and puffing off stage like a baby at the awards wasn't the best foot forward for the show.

3

Sounds like you hit a clueless marketeer who had been huffing the dot-com bubble.

4

If you're huffing and puffing at.5 mph, you probably really need a walking desk...

5

It's just a rMBP, so it's not like I'm huffing around a 12lb Dell monster or anything.

6

Good old highschool memories of huffing whippets and laying around giggling like idiots.

7

I doubt anyone would want to talk to me if I was huffing and puffing or breathing heavily into the phone.

8

Instead of huffing, go out and get some fresh pussy asap.

9

Peeling off the grandstanding, hyperbolic huffing and puffing, what's left is that the law enforcement response to the nationally coordinated Occupy movement was nationally coordinated.

10

For example, I've been huffing and puffing about learning Javascript since it first came out, mocking it, only seeing the bad sides.

11

It's like the UX team had weekly gas huffing competitions.

12

I have a touchscreen but barely use it) was probably guilty of huffing gasoline.

Quote examples

1

Something about huffing dry erase fumes always makes me think, "nose cancer".

2

I was getting google traffic for "huffing purel" for a while after a friend made a comment joking about that.

3

I had to stop and say "wait, what?" To be fair, much of the huffing and puffing "I'm leaving Firefox...

4

For all the huffing and puffing I see people do about professionalism, very few of the "professional" mailing lists I'm subscribed to have adults that can say "I'm A at B, and am looking for a contact at C to email me off-list to discuss D."

Proper noun examples

1

Huffing and puffing and panting and smelly, Fire belches forth from her fat cast iron belly.

2

Huffing whipped cream to 'feel better' is lunacy.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use huffing in a sentence?

In fact that's the hardest part; huffing and puffing for the next hour or so is easy in comparison.

What does huffing mean?

(colloquial) The act of inhaling psychoactive inhalants.

What part of speech is huffing?

huffing is commonly used as noun.