huff and puff
huff and puff · huffs and puffs · huffed and puffed · huffing and puffing
To breathe heavily, especially after rigorous exerciseTo breathe heavily, especially after rigorous exercise.
» All you can hear is the huffing and puffing of horses.
Meaning
1 sensesTo breathe heavily, especially after rigorous exercise.
Examples
2 sentencesAll you can hear is the huffing and puffing of horses.
And so the Big Bad Wolf huffed, and he puffed, and he blew down the tag that demanded a native check.
Forms
huffs and puffs, huffing and puffing, huffed and puffed, huffed and puffed| Base form | huff and puff · to huff and puff |
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| 3rd person singular | huffs and puffs |
| Present participle | huffing and puffing |
| Past simple | huffed and puffed |
| Past participle | huffed and puffed |
irregular
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle