puffing betydelse and definition

Betydelse av puffing på svenska

• 0 present participle of puff

• 1 to breathe fast and with difficulty, usually because you have been exercising:

  • He came puffing up the stairs.

  • [ + speech ] "I ran all the way home," she puffed (= said while puffing).

• 2 to smoke tobacco:

  • She was puffing on a cigarette at the time.

  • He sat there, puffing away at a cigarette.

• 3 to blow out in clouds, or make steam or smoke do this:

  • The engine puffed a huge cloud of steam, then rolled down the tracks.

  • The chimney was puffing out clouds of smoke.