huff'n'puff

  • 1huff and puff — 1. to breathe in a noisy manner. He was on the top of the hill long before I came up huffing and puffing behind him. 2. to complain. The owners will huff and puff about their financial problems and then not do anything to solve them …

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  • 2Huff and Puff Cottage — (Окхерст,США) Категория отеля: 3 звездочный отель Адрес: 51052 Bon Veu Drive …

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  • 3Huff and puff apparatus — The huff and puff apparatus is used in school biology labs to demonstrate that carbon dioxide is a product of respiration. A pupil breathes in and out of the middle tube. The glass tubing is arranged in such a way that one flask bubbles as the… …

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  • 4huff and puff — blow out air noisily. → huff …

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  • 5huff and puff — 1) to breathe loudly and with difficulty I could hear him huffing and puffing up the stairs. 2) to speak or behave in a way that shows you strongly disagree with something After all the huffing and puffing, this was the first opportunity to see… …

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  • 7puff — [n1] blast of air breath, draft, drag, draught, draw, emanation, flatus, flurry, gust, pull, smoke, waft, whiff, wind, wisp; concepts 437,524 puff [n2] advertisement advertising, blurb*, boost*, buildup*, commendation, favorable mention, good… …

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  • 8Huff — or huffing may refer to: * Huff (TV series), a Showtime television program * Huff (board games) * Huff and puff apparatus * Huff Duff (HF/DF) High Frequency Direction Finder * Huff Daland Aero Corp * The use of an inhalant.People named Huff*… …

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  • 9huff — ► VERB (often huff and puff) 1) exhale noisily. 2) show one s annoyance in an obvious way. ► NOUN ▪ a fit of petty annoyance. ORIGIN imitative …

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  • 10puff — 1 verb 1 (I) to breathe quickly and with difficulty after running, carrying something heavy etc: Catherine was puffing loudly as she carried the box into the room. (+ up/along etc): Duncan passed me, puffing up the hill. see also: huff and puff… …

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