puffing

(noun) blowing tobacco smoke out into the air. Example: "They smoked up the room with their ceaseless puffing."

(noun) an act of forcible exhalation. Synonyms: huffing, snorting.

(verb) smoke and exhale strongly. Synonyms: puff, whiff. Examples: "Puff a cigar." "Whiff a pipe."

(verb) suck in or take (air). Synonyms: puff, drag, draw. Examples: "Draw a deep breath." "Draw on a cigarette."

(verb) breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted. Synonyms: pant, puff, gasp, heave. Example: "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily."

(verb) make proud or conceited. Synonyms: puff. Example: "The sudden fame puffed her ego."

(verb) praise extravagantly. Synonyms: puff, puff up. Example: "The critics puffed up this broadway production."

(verb) speak in a blustering or scornful manner. Synonyms: puff. Example: "A puffing kind of man."

(verb) to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs". Synonyms: puff, puff up, blow up, puff out. Example: "Puffed out chests."

(verb) blow hard and loudly. Synonyms: puff, huff, chuff. Example: "He huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain."