huffing

/ ˈhʌfɪŋ /

noun

1. slang.
   the practice of inhaling toxic fumes from glue and other household products for their intoxicating effects

Derived Forms

• ˈhuffer, noun

Example Sentences

To fail to do so is regarded as extremely bad manners and can lead to much huffing and puffing.

From The Daily Beast

“While were shooting we read a tabloid blog post that said Vanessa looked like a white-trash paint-huffing girl,” said Bivens.

From The Daily Beast

He looked like such a fool, pointing and gesturing and huffing and puffing.

From The Daily Beast

One wonders whether the government is huffing and puffing to cover up its own incompetence.

From The Daily Beast

Spain won, hallelujah, but not after much huffing and puffing to go alongside their geometric, incisive elegance on the ball.

From The Daily Beast

He who will establish this proposition by authority and huffing discovers his reason to be very weak.

From Project Gutenberg

I have so lost them when I was half fit to keep them: they are sooner prevailed upon by courtesy than huffing.

From Project Gutenberg

After easing himself into a chair, and going through some prefatory huffing and puffing, Goode came out with it.

From Project Gutenberg

It was one of the best jobs of well-verbalized huffing she'd heard, even from the professor.

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Yes, sir: he scorned all Famagosta when he was in his huffing, and now he lies puffing for wind, they say they scorn him.

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