0 present participle of puff --
1 to breathe fast and with difficulty, usually because you have been exercising: --
[ + speech ] "I ran all the way home," she puffed (= said while puffing).
He came puffing up the stairs.
It is this performance aspect of the review which has been submerged in all this huffing and puffing over the issue.
It is no good puffing ourselves up and pretending that we are not in that position.
For all the huffing and puffing, the facts are straightforward.
Such a lot of huffing and puffing, such a lot of pompous, holier-than-thou sentiments and sanctimonious rubbish have been spoken tonight.
I would make only this comment: there has been a lot of huffing and puffing and windy talk about homesteading and other great successes.
When the huffing and puffing dies down, most reasonable people will realise that this legislation is inherently sensible.
There has been a lot of huffing and puffing on spending cover and match funding this morning.
After a lot of huffing and puffing and vanishing into the jungle, he introduced a number of proposals.