puffing
/ˈpʌfɪŋ/
adjective
- Breathing heavily or in short bursts.
- The puffing hiker stopped to take a drink of water.
- The children were puffing after playing tag for an hour.
- A puffing jogger waved as she passed me on the trail.
noun
- The act of breathing heavily or in short bursts, often after exertion.
- After running up the stairs, he stood there puffing and sweating.
- The old dog's puffing worried his owner, so she took him to the vet.
- I could hear the puffing of the marathon runners as they passed by.
- The act of blowing out smoke or vapor in small clouds.
- He sat on the porch, puffing on his pipe and watching the sunset.
- The steam engine was puffing as it pulled the train up the hill.
- The chimney was puffing white smoke into the cold winter air.