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For all the huffing and blowing we get about rugged individualism, the American spirit and the American experiment always have had at their heart the notion that the government is all of us and that, therefore, the government may keep things in trust for all of us.
Charlie Pierce

Meaning of "huffing" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HUFFING

huffing  [ˈhʌfɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HUFFING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Huffing is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HUFFING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

huffing

Intoxicative inhalant

Intoxicative inhalants are a broad range of intoxicative drugs whose volatile vapors are taken in via the nose and trachea. They are taken by room temperature volatilization or from a pressurized container, and do not include drugs that are sniffed after burning or heating. For example, amyl nitrite and toluene are considered inhalants, but tobacco, marijuana, and crack are not, even though the latter are also inhaled as smoke. While some inhalant drugs are used for medical purposes, as in the case of nitrous oxide, this article focuses on inhalant abuse as recreational drugs that are used for their intoxicating effect. Inhaling volatile substances because of their intoxicating effect is called huffing.

Definition of huffing in the English dictionary

The definition of huffing in the dictionary is the practice of inhaling toxic fumes from glue and other household products for their intoxicating effects.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HUFFING


briefing
ˈbriːfɪŋ
buffing
ˈbʌfɪŋ
channel-surfing
ˈtʃænəlsɜːfɪŋ
chuffing
ˈtʃʌfɪŋ
coughing
ˈkɒfɪŋ
debriefing
ˌdiːˈbriːfɪŋ
effing
ˈɛfɪŋ
golfing
ˈɡɒlfɪŋ
kitesurfing
ˈkaɪtˌsɜːfɪŋ
laughing
ˈlɑːfɪŋ
morphing
ˈmɔːfɪŋ
roofing
ˈruːfɪŋ
rustproofing
ˈrʌstˌpruːfɪŋ
sniffing
ˈsnɪfɪŋ
staffing
ˈstɑːfɪŋ
strafing
ˈstrɑːfɪŋ
stuffing
ˈstʌfɪŋ
surfing
ˈsɜːfɪŋ
waterproofing
ˈwɔːtəpruːfɪŋ
windsurfing
ˈwɪndˌsɜːfɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HUFFING

hue and cry
hued
hueless
Huelva
huer
Huesca
huff
huffer
huffily
huffiness
huffing and puffing
huffish
huffishly
huffishness
huffkin
huffy
Hufuf
hug
hug-me-tight
huge

WORDS THAT END LIKE HUFFING

astroturfing
ballot-box stuffing
bodysurfing
coiffing
crowd surfing
glue-sniffing
huffing and puffing
in the offing
naffing
offing
overstaffing
press briefing
safe surfing
scoffing
soundproofing
spiffing
spoofing
swoffing
tiffing
understaffing

Synonyms and antonyms of huffing in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HUFFING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «huffing» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of huffing
bate · blow · exhale · foulie · miff · passion · pet · pique · puff · rage · sulk · temper · wax

Translation of «huffing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HUFFING

Find out the translation of huffing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of huffing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «huffing» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

发怒
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

huffing
570 millions of speakers

English

huffing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

huffing
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

النفخ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пыхтя
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bufando
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

huffing,
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

huffing
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Huffing
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

huffing
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

huffing
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

발끈
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Huffing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

huffing
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

huffing
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हफिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dargınlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

huffing
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

huffing
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пихкаючи
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

huffing
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

huffing
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

huffing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

huffing
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

huffing
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of huffing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HUFFING»

The term «huffing» is quite widely used and occupies the 44.617 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HUFFING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about huffing

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2 QUOTES WITH «HUFFING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word huffing.
1
Brennan Manning
Our huffing and puffing to impress God, our scrambling for brownie points, our thrashing about trying to fix ourselves while hiding our pettiness and wallowing in guilt are nauseating to God and are a flat out denial of the gospel of grace.
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Charlie Pierce
For all the huffing and blowing we get about rugged individualism, the American spirit and the American experiment always have had at their heart the notion that the government is all of us and that, therefore, the government may keep things in trust for all of us.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HUFFING»

Discover the use of huffing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to huffing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Trains: Steaming! Pulling! Huffing!
Rhyming text presents the characteristics of various kinds of trains.
Patricia Hubbell, 2009
2
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
move the huffing-hand from the path of the hreast of the heel of said shoe, 10- In comhination, a movahle huffing-frame, a rotating shaft journaled In said huffing- frame, an operating-pulley on said shaft, yleiding tension-pulleys at opposite ...
United States. Patent Office, 1907
3
Introductory Chemistry for Today
Editorial review has if cllnvllsrnv AND YOUR HEALTH 6.1 f _ i i” Huffing: A Potential Introduction of Children to Drug Abuse a. 37°C (body temperature) to K Refer to Figure 1.11 for the necessary conversion factors, and make the following  ...
Spencer Seager, Michael Slabaugh, 2013
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Chemistry for Today: General, Organic, and Biochemistry
if cnrmrsrnr AND roun HEALTH a.1 ' _ i i” Huffing: A Potential Introduction of Children to Drug Abuse a. 37°C (body temperature) to K Refer to Figure 1.11 for the necessary conversion factors, and make the following temperature conversions ...
Spencer Seager, Michael Slabaugh, 2013
5
The Facts about Inhalants
Clueless. Ricky's parents talked with him openly about anything and everything. They warned him about the dangerous consequences of using drugs and alcohol . But they never, not one single time, warned Ricky about the dangers of huffing.
Francha Roffe Menhard, 2005
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Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
In huffing mechanism for railway cars, an integral casting having its rear face formed to abut centrally against the car end sill, a bifurcated forwardly extending portion formed to abut the buffer beam and to receive the rear end of the center stem ...
‎1911
7
The John Zink Combustion Handbook
If the furnace is starved for air, a pulsating huffing sound may result. The flame will be unsteady, changing from long to short or wide to narrow. The variations are the result of the available air being completely consumed without burning all of ...
Charles E. Baukal, Jr., 2001
8
Physiologic Basis of Respiratory Disease
3 Falk and colleagues examined the effect of PEP on mucociliary clearance in subjects with CE After 20 minutes of PEP with huffing, relaxed breathing, and coughing, mucociliary clearance was significantly greater than when the PEP ...
Qutayba Hamid, Joanne Shannon, James Martin, 2005
9
The Everything Guide to Raising Adolescent Girls: An ...
What Is "Huffing"? "Sniffing" (also called "wanging") is breathing inhalants through the nose; "huffing" is breathing them through the mouth (as in a paper bag, also called "bagging"). "Huffing" is, put simply, the taking in of common household ...
Moira McCarthy, 2008
10
Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-surgical Nursing
Another technique, “huffing,” may be helpful for the patient with diminished expiratory flow rates or for the patient who refuses to cough because of severe pain. Huffing is the expulsion of air through an open glottis. This type of forced expiration ...
Suzanne C. O'Connell Smeltzer, Brenda G. Bare, Janice L. Hinkle, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HUFFING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term huffing is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Donaghy–Draper and Beyond: The Five TV Mashups We Need the …
Charlie is eventually kicked off the TARDIS after huffing paint in another dimension. (Photo: Reddit). April Ludgate (Parks and Recreation) and ... «New York Observer, Jul 15»
2
Reformed DUI convict thanks arresting officer with lunch | KSL.com
13, 2014, Dozier was huffing a can of compressed air cleaner — typically used for cleaning computers and keyboards — while in his car and he ... «KSL.com, Jul 15»
3
Abington Township police briefs: Week of July 19 - Montgomery News
A Target asset protection officer pointed out a woman, identified as Baxter, “huffing” from an aerosol can while walking through the store, police ... «Montgomery Newspapers, Jul 15»
4
What you can do for disabled Americans - The Montana Standard
If a flight attendant asks if you would relocate so Sean and I can sit together, please just say “yes” without rolling your eyes, huffing and saying, ... «Montana Standard, Jul 15»
5
Sumo: Terunofuji pulls out 5th win to stay tied for Nagoya lead …
In other bouts at the top, Kotoshogiku picked up the second of eight wins he needs to preserve his ozeki status, huffing and puffing his way past ... «kyodo news, Jul 15»
6
Dispatch: Arrests; Man cited for inhaling glue; Dog abuse reported …
Apparently the man was huffing the fumes from the glue after spreading the glue inside the bags. Robert Edsall, 65, Ethete, Domestic Abuse. «County 10, Jul 15»
7
Kiszla: DT should send thank you note to Dez Bryant - Fort Morgan …
So much for all the huffing and puffing that suggested Thomas would walk away from a stack of guaranteed cash because he deserved to be ... «Fort Morgan Times, Jul 15»
8
Time to upset the apple cart - The Leader
He became like an old man huffing and puffing up a flight of stairs, seeing stars. His words never came out right. But in every Christian's life, ... «Covington Leader, Jul 15»
9
Ask a Trainer: I hate exercise - The Observer
Exercise doesn't have to be huffing away on a hamster wheel or going for a new personal best on the bench press. We live in such a beautiful ... «Winter Park/Maitland Observer, Jul 15»
10
PSP take man into custody after eight hour standoff - Your4State.com
... to the 11-hundred block of Nine Mile Run Lane where a man, identified as Edward Walker, was on the roof of his home “huffing gasoline.” «WHAG, Jul 15»

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