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huffs and puffs

huffs and puffs is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 huffs and puffs

What is huffs and puffs the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Huffs and puffs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of huff and puff.

Words near huffs and puffs in the dictionary

  1. Huffords
  2. HuffPo
  3. HuffPoster
  4. HuffPosters
  5. huffs
  6. huffs and puffs
  7. huffs off
  8. Huffstetler
  9. Huffstetlers
  10. Huffstutler
  11. Huffstutlers

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