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huff

 
 
/hʌf/ verb

Definition

huff and puff informal to breathe loudly, especially because you have been exercising: Pam was huffing and puffing by the time she reached the top of the stairs.
(Definition of huff verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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