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huffed and puffed

huffed and puffed is the simple past and past participle of huff and puff.

Meaning of huff and puff

Verb

huff and puff (third-person singular simple present huffs and puffs, present participle huffing and puffing, simple past and past participle huffed and puffed)

  1. To breathe heavily, especially after rigorous exercise.
    • They were short of ideas, huffing and puffing their way towards a demoralising defeat.August 16 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Swansea upstage Manchester United in Louis van Gaal’s Premier League bow," guardian.co.uk

Questions about huffed and puffed

What is huffed and puffed the simple past and past participle of?
Huffed and puffed is the simple past and past participle of huff and puff.

Words near huffed and puffed in the dictionary

  1. Huffakers
  2. huffaz
  3. huffcap
  4. huffcaps
  5. huffed
  6. huffed and puffed
  7. huffed off
  8. huffer
  9. huffers
  10. Huffie
  11. huffier

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