puffing and blowing

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• Puffing — Puff Puff, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Puffed} (p[u^]ft); p. pr. & vb. n. {Puffing}.] [Akin to G. puffen to pop, buffet, puff, D. poffen to pop, puffen to blow, Sw. puffa to push, to cuff, Dan. puffe to pop, thump. See {Puff}, n.] 1. To blow in puffs,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• blowing adder — Puff Puff, n. [Akin to G. & Sw. puff a blow, Dan. puf, D. pof; of imitative origin. Cf. {Buffet}.] 1. A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff. To every puff of wind a …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• puffing adder — Hognosesnake Hog nose snake (Zo[ o]l.) A harmless North American snake of the genus {Heterodon}, esp. {Heterodon platyrhynos}; called also {puffing adder}, {blowing adder}, and {sand viper}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• blowing adder — Hognosesnake Hog nose snake (Zo[ o]l.) A harmless North American snake of the genus {Heterodon}, esp. {Heterodon platyrhynos}; called also {puffing adder}, {blowing adder}, and {sand viper}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• puff — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 of air/smoke/wind ADJECTIVE ▪ little, small, tiny PREPOSITION ▪ puff of ▪ a little puff of smoke …   Collocations dictionary

• Puff — Puff, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Puffed} (p[u^]ft); p. pr. & vb. n. {Puffing}.] [Akin to G. puffen to pop, buffet, puff, D. poffen to pop, puffen to blow, Sw. puffa to push, to cuff, Dan. puffe to pop, thump. See {Puff}, n.] 1. To blow in puffs, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Puffed — Puff Puff, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Puffed} (p[u^]ft); p. pr. & vb. n. {Puffing}.] [Akin to G. puffen to pop, buffet, puff, D. poffen to pop, puffen to blow, Sw. puffa to push, to cuff, Dan. puffe to pop, thump. See {Puff}, n.] 1. To blow in puffs,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• fuss — [18] The early use of fuss by Irish born writers such as Jonathan Swift and George Farquhar has led to the supposition that it is of Anglo Irish origin, but no substantiation for this has ever been found on the other side of the Irish Sea. Among… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• fuss — [18] The early use of fuss by Irish born writers such as Jonathan Swift and George Farquhar has led to the supposition that it is of Anglo Irish origin, but no substantiation for this has ever been found on the other side of the Irish Sea. Among… …   Word origins

• pooped — adj exhausted, out of breath. The word is probably an imitation of the sound of puffing and blowing, although there is a theory that it derives from British sail ors slang for a ship being swamped by a poop wave. In its current sense it was… …   Contemporary slang

• pooped out — adj exhausted, out of breath. The word is probably an imitation of the sound of puffing and blowing, although there is a theory that it derives from British sail ors slang for a ship being swamped by a poop wave. In its current sense it was… …   Contemporary slang