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huffing off

huffing off is the present participle and gerund of huff off.

Meaning of huff off

Verb

huff off (third-person singular simple present huffs off, present participle huffing off, simple past and past participle huffed off)

  1. (intransitive) To leave in a huff
    • “Let me see!” Chloe pulled the leaflet out of Annabelle’s hand. There were some advantages to being the older sister; sometimes you could use brute force. Annabelle huffed off with the rest of the leaflets.2009 October 29, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Mr Stink, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN

Questions about huffing off

What is huffing off the present participle and gerund of?
Huffing off is the present participle and gerund of huff off.

Words near huffing off in the dictionary

  1. Huffine
  2. Huffines
  3. huffiness
  4. huffing
  5. huffing and puffing
  6. huffing off
  7. huffingly
  8. huffings
  9. huffish
  10. huffishly
  11. huffishness

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